With one egg left in his basket, another 200 IM showdown against Phelps.
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Rio de Janeiro: Leonidas of Rhodes would recognise a kindred spirit in Michael Phelps of Baltimore. How can the Dream Team be the Dream Team without LeBron or Stephen? One more win will break the record that has stood since 152 BC. Cseh would have also added a bronze in the 200-meter individual medley during the 2004 Summer Games.
Back then, Ledecky was a kid.
The 31-year-old won his 21st Olympic gold medal in the early hours of Wednesday morning, when he won the 200-metre butterfly final. One of those just happens to be 2,168 years old.
When a team dominates the way the US men’s basketball team had dominated coming into Wednesday’s game against Australia, a challenge might qualify as a 20-point win, or maybe even a 25-point win.
Two Americans have a shot at a medal in the women’s 200-meter butterfly: Cammile Adams and Hali Flickinger, who advanced into the finals in sixth place.
In an increasingly diverse country, this Fab Five consists of two white gymnasts (Aly Raisman and Madison Kocian), two black gymnasts (Gabby Douglas and Simone Biles) and one Latina gymanst (Laurie Hernandez).
If Phelps was a country he would now rank 11th out of 43 countries that own at least one medal in men’s swimming.
At U.S. Olympic trials six weeks ago, the two grew sentimental after they raced against each other for the final time on American soil.
And both Owens and Oerter are clearly U.S. Olympic giants.
We’re reluctant to criticize Olympics broadcasters for being “homers”.
“I had no doubt in my mind as soon as I touched and saw that we were second and close”, said Maya DiRado, who swam the third leg of the relay.
Our own basketball team is staying on a yacht.
The US looked dead in the water. American Caleb Dressel is also in the mix for the podium. There is something unique and special about each day with the team and it’s just insane being part of it.
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Starting today, he does.
