Michael Phelps waggled four fingers, recognizing another historic achievement.
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Four years ago, Ledecky seemingly came out of nowhere to capture gold as a 15-year-old at the London Games.
“Ryan Lochte is going to beat Michael Phelps.Phelps might not even make the podium!”
Phelps, competing Thursday evening in the 200-meter individual medley, is looking for his 22nd Olympic gold medal.
Phelps was tied for second place with Pereira after the breaststroke as Lochte surged in the lead.
But Phelps was in a league of his own.
Phelps’ Olympics continue Saturday night when he swims the butterfly leg of the medley relay.
RIO DE JANEIRO Triple jumper James Connolly won the United States’ first gold medal at the 1896 Summer Games and it is expected that on Sunday or Monday a still unknown American will claim a milestone 1,000th gold to bookend 120 years of Olympic domination.
She was surely thinking about all the work she put in to make it there, not to mention all the changes to come as she gets ready to head off to college. Stunning not for the fact that she won, but in how she did it. Bronte was second at the turn and slid to fourth at the finish. “And I think we kind of feed off each other in that way”.
Murphy extended American dominance of the backstroke events, which goes back to 1992.
The event wraps up with men’s single sculls finals (10:32 a.m.); women’s singles (10:45 a.m.); the women’s eights (11:06 a.m.) and men’s eights at 11:27 a.m.
Competing against multiple Olympic champions and world champions like these, what Schooling was tasked with on Friday felt unthinkable before the race, despite the cool and confidence he has showed in Rio.
There are 22 golds to be won on Day 8 of the Rio Games in 13 different sports.
“That one was very painful but I wanted that one really bad”, Murphy told reporters.
“Getting out of the pool now might take a little more energy”.
“I think Chad, Michael and Laszlo should still be the face for butterfly”. Another American, Nathan Adrian, took the bronze. Ervin, the 2000 Olympic champion in the 50, was clocked in 21.63. Olympic champion Britain and world champion USA are likely to meet for gold in the velodrome, provided both win semifinals starting at 11:17 a.m.as expected.
And his win in the 200-meters means the U.S. has won the event six times in a row dating to 1996 in Atlanta. Sweden, ranked sixth, struggled in the group stage with a 5-1 loss to host Brazil and finished 1-1-1.
Efimova was 1.67 seconds behind, leaving the Russian with another silver medal.
China’s Shi Jinglin took the bronze in 2:28.28.
The Iron Lady is chasing her fourth gold medal.
“I’m happy with how things finished”.
A star at the inaugural Youth Olympics in Singapore in 2010, the South African made his name at the 2012 Olympics in London where he edged out boyhood hero Phelps to win the men’s 200m fly by 0.05sec.
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As usual, Phelps pulled off the grueling double, advancing to Friday night’s final with the fifth-fastest time.
