“Being able to finish how I won is just something very special to me and this is why you are seeing more and more emotion on the medal podium”, said Phelps.
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Then, he’ll close out these Olympics in the 4×100 medley relay. The Americans won 21-13, 21-17, 24-22 to finish unbeaten in group play.
“Right now I don’t know how to wrap my head around that”.
The 31-year-old, who is set to retire after the Games, could end up with five gold medals by the end of the competition.
“That hurt a lot.my body is in pain, my legs are hurting, I’m exhausted”. “Phelps with the gold”.
He was lauded by the Rio crowd with one banner proclaiming “Phelps Greatest Olympian Ever” and Phelps swayed slightly and breathed deeply as he listened to the USA anthem at the victory ceremony with his eyes moist.
“I say this a lot, but every single day I’m living a dream come true”.
He was lauded by the Rio crowd, with one banner proclaiming “Phelps Greatest Olympian Ever”.
Phelps could also perform the so-called four-peat in the 100m butterfly here.
But the breaststroke length, which many believed to be Lochte’s strongest, saw Phelps steam into the lead.
With the Rio crowd’s excitement mounting, the three turned nearly together after the backstroke, with Lochte just 0.01 seconds ahead.
For added measure, Phelps also has two silver and two bronze medals in his collection.
Phelps clocked one minute, 54.66 for a comfortable winning margin of 1.95 seconds.
Elliotte Friedman of the Canadian Broadcasting Company got the lanes mixed up and called the race as if Lochte – not Phelps – was leading.
The only thing that stopped Michael Phelps from winning his fourth gold medal of the Rio Olympics and 22nd overall with a victory in the 200-meter individual medley Thursday night was a broadcaster calling the race.
Phelps writes new page with four wins in same event was posted in Sports of TheNews International – https://www.thenews.com.pk on August 12, 2016 and was last updated on August 12, 2016.
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The US star claimed the 22nd Olympic gold of his Olympic career Thursday after powering past the opposition in the final of the 200-meter individual medley.
