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EXTRA Phelps earns 23rd Olympic medal as US win 4x100m relay
What exactly are those bruises on Michael Phelps?
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If anyone is used to the atmosphere and the pressure, it is Phelps but even he – 16 years on from his Olympic debut – felt the sense of occasion.
Phelps swam the second leg for the U.S., who won in a time of three minutes 9.92 seconds, with France second in 3:10.53 and Australia third in 3:11.37. A man allegedly so self-obsessed that he didn’t even bother to learn the names of the team mates who helped him win three of his eight Beijing medals in relay eventshas become an engaging member of the 2016 usa contingent.
London Olympics 100 freestyle champion Nathan Adrian swam the final leg for the Americans, touching first ahead of France and Australia.
Held swam the third leg, with Phelps handing over to him after giving the team an advantage over defending champions France at the earlier turn, and he said the only thought in his mind was not to lose any ground.
Former Cal star Anthony Ervin also earned a gold medal after anchoring the United States in the morning preliminaries.
Six swimming world records have now fallen in two days of competition, and the United States moved level with Australia on two gold medals each.
With his infant son Boomer watching from the stands, cradled in the arms of his mother, Phelps’s fiancee Nicole Johnson, the greatest Olympian of all time began to weep after two of his teammates, Ryan Held and Caeleb Dressel, started to bawl.
The only drama was whether she’d take the world record even lower.
After the games, Phelps Facetimed with his baby boy and showed off his shiny new gold medal.
History and Phelps said otherwise. They have also won 14 women’s doubles grand slam titles, to go along with a combined tally of 29 major singles crowns.
“The younger guys started crying and I started crying”, laughed Phelps.
“It was insane”, said Phelps, competing in his fifth and final Games.
“I’ve heard the national anthem thousands of times before but there was something different about this one that I just couldn’t hold back the emotions manifested in the tears”, he added.
“We have so many good choices”, Pieroni said.
Britain’s Adam Peaty set his second mark in as many nights in the 100 breaststroke, while Sarah Sjostrom of Sweden eclipsed her own mark in the 100 butterfly.
Canada’s Penny Oleksiak took silver in 56.46sec and the USA’s Dana Vollmer grabbed bronze with a time of 56.63sec. I knew I was the big favourite.
Vollmer, who lives in Danville, won her second medal in Rio after being part of the 400 freestyle relay team that got the silver Saturday night.
The technique purportedly brings about a number of health benefits and after seeing a very spotty Phelps claim his 19th Olympic gold medal on Sunday evening, is there something in it?
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When Vollmer touched the wall she said, “Please let it be a medal”.