News After touching down in Rio de Janeiro just after midnight, Michael Phelps took his first leisurely laps in the main competition pool at the Olympic Aquatics Centre this afternoon (2 August) Team USA arrived for their first look at the Rio 2016 swimming venue and toured the deck in sneakers and shorts before changing into their practice suits They held a poolside team huddle and cheer Michael Phelps drew attention everywhere he went on his first day in Rio de Janeiro (Photo: Rio 2016/Gabriel Heusi) At the nearby warm-up pool, the team hung a USA flag on the wall amongst other flags, including Germany, Great Britain, Canada and China, as delegations carved out a little territory at the busy practice pool Wearing a starred-and-striped swimsuit, the nine-time Olympic champion reached for a Powerade before leaving the warm-up pool for the lanes at the main competition venue   Strolling on the pool deck, close friends and team-mates Michael Phelps and Allison Schmitt (Photo: Rio 2016/Gabriel Heusi) For the afternoon's training, the USA first set up in lane 5 before spilling over to lane 3 where Phelps joined them He dived in the water at 2:20pm and began with a long underwater pull before popping up in freestyle He swam for 50 minutes before taking a practice start and climbing out of the pool Phelps took only a few strokes of butterfly but did lengths of backstroke and breaststroke (Photo: Rio 2016/Gabriel Heusi) Phelps will look to defend his individual Olympic titles in the men's 100m and 200m butterfly and the 200m individual medley He will also race the men's 4x100m freestyle relay Olympic Games tickets are available to buy on the Rio 2016 portal Phelps stands six-foot-four and has a disproportionate wingspan of six-foot-seven inches (Photo: Rio 2016/Gabriel Heusi) He is a four-time Olympian — Sydney 2000, Athens 2004, Beijing 2008 and London 2012 —and 22-time Olympic medalist with 18 golds, two silvers and two bronzes (Photo: Rio 2016/Gabriel Heusi) Phelps is engaged and has a son (Photo: Rio 2016/Gabriel Heusi) Phelps competed for the University of Michigan (Photo: Rio 2016/Gabriel Heusi) Michael Phelps poses with children at the Rocinha Sports Centre The young people learned a lot and had fun with the visit Photo: Alex Ferro/Rio 2016™ Winner of 18 gold medals in Olympic Games, Michael Phelps demonstrates some movements at Rocinha Sports Centre Photo: Alex Ferro/Rio 2016™ Chad le Clos (left), Michael Phelps (centre) and Daniel Dias (with his feet on the water) made the most of their visit to Rocinha Sports Centre Photo: Alex Ferro/Rio 2016™ Winner of 18 gold medals in Olympic Games, Michael Phelps demonstrates some movements at Rocinha Sports Centre Photo: Alex Ferro/Rio 2016™ Michael Phelps and a child give a high five before the American swimmer leaves the pool Photo: Alex Ferro/Rio 2016™ Phelps gives Swimming lessons on a historical day in Rio The pool star says he will come to Rio in 2016 as a spectator, not as an athlete Photo: Alex Ferro/Rio 2016™ Television networks from all over the globe covered the visit of Phelps to Rocinha He was in Brazil to attend the Laureus World Sports Awards, which took place at the Municipal Theatre Photo: Alex Ferro/Rio 2016™ One of the most famous Oscar Niemeyer symbols, the concrete arch connects the Rocinha Slum with The Sports Centre Photo: Alex Ferro/Rio 2016™ Michael Phelps helps a kid to leave the pool The American visited Rio de Janeiro for the second time and gave Swimming lessons to youngsters in Rocinha Photo: Alex Ferro/Rio 2016™ Winner of the Laureus World Sports Awards of Sportsperson of the Year with a Disability for the second time, Daniel Dias gave Swimming lessons to the Rocinha children in his visit on Monday Photo: Alex Ferro/Rio 2016™