Manuel and Oleksiak – the first athlete born in this century to win a gold medal in any Olympic sport – stunned world-record holder Cate Campbell.
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American Michael Phelps holds up four figures to signify the number of times in a row he has won the Olympic men’s 200-meter individual medley during the medals presentation Thursday night in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
Before Phelps and Lochte go at it in the pool, Katie Ledecky swims the preliminaries of the 800 freestyle, her last individual event in Rio.
Now, he’s the first swimmer ever to win the same event at four straight Olympics. She began the leg nearly a full second behind Australia but made it up and then some to win by 1.84 seconds, powering to the fastest split of the field by.9.
It was not easy, but Phelps surpassed Leonidas, winning his 13th individual gold (and 22nd gold overall and 26th medal).
A 12-time Olympic medalist, Lochte had settled for two silvers and a bronze behind Phelps at the last three Olympics in this event. “That’s why he brings out the best in me and hopefully I do the exact same for him”. His teammate Ryan Lochte, who has spent most of his career in Phelps’ wake, finished fifth, behind Japan’s Kosuke Hagino and China’s Wang Shun. The city that raised and shaped Phelps paid its own tribute to its native son on Thursday by showing his IM race on the jumbo video screen at M&T Bank Stadium during the second half of the Baltimore Ravens’ preseason game against the Carolina Panthers.
Phelps will be seeking his fourth straight 200 IM title at the Olympics.
Later, the world and Olympic record holding Americans look to qualify for the finals of the 4×100 meter medley relay in heats starting at 11:30 a.m.
“I’ve been able to kind of finish how I wanted to”, Phelps said.
Day 5 of the Rio Games features medal action in gymnastics, swimming, judo, fencing and more.
He starts on the floor exercise and comes to the event with a gold in hand from the men’s team finals Monday. Russia’s Evgeny Rylov was third in 1:53.97. Japan swept the golds in the middleweight divisions on Wednesday. The Americans are the top two all-time performers in the event. She also finished second to American Lilly King in the 100 breaststroke after initially being banned from the Rio Games for her links to the Russian doping scandal. “Him and I have literally duked it out back and forth and back and forth”.
Mexico’s Paola Espinosa and Alejandra Orozco compete during the women’s synchronized 10-meter platform diving final in the Maria Lenk Aquatic Center at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil on August 9, 2016.
Murphy hit the wall in 1 minute 53.62 seconds, 0.34sec ahead of Australia’s Mitchell Larkin.
China’s Shi Jinglin took the bronze in 2:28.28. “But I was really pleased with today’s medal and the one that came before it because looking back at what happened to me over that time, it’s a big step”.
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Meanwhile Hungary’s Katinka Hosszu qualified fastest for the women’s 200m backstroke final on Friday with a time of 2:06.03. “I only get to put a racing suit on two more times after tonight”.
