Schooling, with one gold medal to Phelps’ 23, now has lifetime do-you-know-what-I-did rights.
Advertisement
As Nathan Adrian touched the wall to finish off the victory, Phelps gathered the other relay swimmers – backstroker Ryan Murphy and breaststroker Cody Miller – in his arms.
On the track, Tori Bowie of the United States was a silver medalist in the women’s 100 meters.
And although teammates Lilly King, Kathleen Baker and Dana Vollmer had all won Olympic medals before, they celebrated excitedly among themselves as Manuel moved further clear of the field.
He departs the scene with a total of 28 Olympic medals culled across five games, beginning in Sydney 16 years ago.
“It’s really special”, Manuel said. “I just opened my mouth”.
American Jeff Henderson took the long jump gold medal by overtaking Luvo Manyonga of South Africa by one centimeter on his last jump.
Emily Regan of the United States, Kerry Simmonds of the United States, Amanda Polk of the United States, Lauren Schmetterling of the United States, Tessa Gobbo of the United States, Meghan Musnicki of the United States, Eleanor Logan of the United States, Katelin Snyder of the United States compete in the Women’s Eight Heat 1 on Day 3 of the Rio 2016 Olympic Games at the Lagoa Stadium on August 8, 2016, in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Britain held on for silver (3:29.24), with Australia nabbing bronze (3:29.93). The winning time was 3:53.13.
Farah tumbled in the 10th lap but he brilliantly recovered before storming to the stunning victory. “I wasn’t going to let it go”. Czech Republic’s Petra Kvitova took the bronze medal in the event after defeating Madison Keys of the USA.
“It’s possibly the greatest choke in Olympic history”, said 100m world record holder Cate, who finished fifth.
It was the third time in the space of 48 hours that the quartet of Katie Archibald, Laura Trott, Elinor Barker and Joanna Rowsell-Shand had set a new world mark in the 4km race.
At the Washington Nationals baseball game Friday, the team replayed the final stages of Ledecky’s world-record 800m on the video scoreboard during the seventh-inning stretch.
But it was her fellow-Jamaican Elaine Thompson who ran away with gold in the 100 meters. Britain won silver and Australia won bronze.
The IU swimming and diving program now has won 69 medals in Olympic history, including 39 gold. Puig is ranked 34th and is the first unseeded women’s singles gold medalist since tennis returned to the Olympics in 1988. But the 19-year-old American already proved she can soar with astonishing tumbling routines that won the all-around title.
United States’ Ryan Murphy celebrates after winning the gold medal in the men’s 200-meter backstroke final during the swimming competitions at the 2016 Summer Olympics, Thursday, Aug. 11, 2016, in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. He’ll face either Rafael Nadal of Spain or Juan Martin del Potro of Argenia in Sunday’s final.
Standing atop the medal podium for the 23rd time, listening the “The Star-Spangled Banner” as he has done so many times before, Phelps teared up a bit and gave a little nod.
Advertisement
Please Wait while comments are loading.
