As he looked up at a boisterous crowd, triumphant for the 20th time in his unmatched Olympic career, Michael Phelps raised his hands and flicked them in his direction as if to say: “Bring on the world”. Other finals Wednesday night are the women’s 200m butterfly, the men’s 200m breaststroke and the women’s 4x200m freestyle relay – with Katie Ledecky going for a third gold to go with her 200m and 400m free individual triumphs. Might one of his main rivals, Hungary’s László Cseh, be considered the best male swimmer over the past decade?
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Lochte, who moved to Charlotte three years ago to train at SwimMAC Carolina, has 12 Olympic medals and would be considered the greatest Olympic swimmer of many generations.
Schooling will receive S$1 million for his gold medal as part of a programme aimed at encouraging studious Singaporeans to excel in sport. Cseh would have also added a bronze in the 200-meter individual medley during the 2004 Summer Games.
Olympic roommates Michael Phelps and Ryan Lochte maintain a relaxed vibe at the athletes’ village.
First for Fiji: The Fiji rugby sevens squad secured the country’s first Olympic medal, a gold one at that, routing Britain 43-7.
Phelps also set a record on Thursday – he became the first swimmer to win an event in four consecutive Olympic Games.
On Wednesday night, Japanese gymnast Kohei Uchimura won the men’s individual all around gold medal, adding to an unbelievable record that includes three world championship titles and gold at the 2012 London Olympics.
Boomer will have two more opportunities to watch his father try for gold – in Friday’s 100m butterfly and Saturday’s 4x100m medley relay.
Cometh the final, cometh the man. At another time he would have far more championship hardware.
The U.S. women beat Switzerland 21-13, 22-24, 15-12 on Wednesday night to win their pool with a 3-0 record.
They will compete in the team epee competition Thursday, an event in which they won bronze during the London Games in 2012.
Is there anything he can’t do? Michael Phelps sinks what is believed to be the longest putt in televised golf history.
Yet in age and in skill, Le Clos is undoubtedly ahead of this pile and with Phelps, bidding good bye after Rio, he can definitely win many, with as many as two Olympics up his sleeve.
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Simone Manuel of the United States and 16-year-old Penny Oleksiak of Canada tied for the gold medal in the women’s 100-meter freestyle, upsetting world-record holder Cate Campbell.
