It was four years ago in London when le Clos, who grew up idolizing Phelps, gave him his first loss at a major worldwide meet in a decade in the 200 butterfly by just out-touching him at the wall.
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“That event is kind of like my bread and butter”, Phelps said. Both Hungary’s László Cseh and Le Clos failed to even medal in the race.
Don’t mess! Michael Phelps didn’t just scream and holler after beating his rival Chad le Clos at the 2016 Rio Olympics on Tuesday, August 9.
“It was shock to me, I didn’t expect that to happen, I haven’t spoken to him yet but I think he may have focused too much on him and Phelps instead of focussing on his own race which he is good at.
She swims like Katie Ledecky, for crying out loud”.
Ledecky, just 19, won her second gold.
The 200 fly was the one he really wanted, and it showed. The race in Rio was just as exciting, with an even smaller margin of victory.
Samuel Mikulak of the United States competes on the pommel horse during the men’s team final on Day 3 of the Rio 2016 Olympic Games at the Rio Olympic Arena on August 8, 2016 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
Watching Phelps now, in his fifth Olympics and ever since he began claiming those gold medals as if for fun Beijing 2008 onwards, you’d always thought he was competing with himself.
United States star Katie Ledecky bagged her second gold medal of the Olympic Games after powering to victory in the women’s 200m freestyle. Adrian barely qualified earlier in the 16th spot to advance to the semis. This time there was to be no repeat of 2012 and Phelps won by four hundredths in 1 minute 53.36 seconds. Adrian goes into finals Wednesday night as the top seed and hopes to repeat as reigning champion. “We got a lot of medals”. The only thing that mattered was getting to the wall first. All eight finalists have a shot at gold as it is going to be an extremely close race, but watch for Cammile’s closing strength to finish the race strong. With five men under 2:08 in the event and the Olympic record already being broken in the semifinals, this should be another exciting final.
Swimming: Men’s 200m breaststroke – Kevin Cordes and Josh Prenot are competing for the U.S.
– The U.S. beat Spain 11-4 in women’s water polo, while in men’s rugby, the U.S. fell to Argentina 17-14. He then won another gold in the 200-meter freestyle relay – along with teammates Conor Dwyer, Townley Haas and Ryan Lochte.
– The US women’s gymnastics team has defended its title with a gold medal win at the Rio Olympics. Phelps could make history as the only swimmer to win gold in four consecutive Olympics in the same event.
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Well, it turned out Phelps had heard one of his good friends shout “O!” during the national anthem. Phelp’s baby, Boomer, was among the crowd alongside members of the United States of America basketball team. Thanks largely to Phelps and Ledecky, USA now have nine golds.
