Lochte, 32, is an 11 times medallist, with five golds. “Especially last night and the night before, just seeing United States of America just rocking and we’re going to keep that really for the rest of the week”.
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Great Britain won the silver medal and Japan took bronze.
Phelps said he didn’t know how matching that feat might rank in his impressive list of Olympic achievements. Lilly King, who battled Efimova at the 100m distance and won gold, advanced in 15th.
Later, Ryan Murphy, who took gold in the 100m backstroke earlier this week, and Jacob Pebley, making his Olympic debut, advanced from the qualifying heats into the semifinals of the 200m backstroke. The aforementioned Perreira finished fourth in this event in London.
Cate’s sister Bronte Campbell advanced too, tied for fifth place.
“It’s an Olympics”, she said.
Nathan Adrian, the 2012 men’s 100m gold medallist, was nearly a cautionary tale on that theme.
Team USA has won the men’s 4x200m freestyle relay on 17 occasions at the Olympic Games, a record for most wins by one country in a single swimming event.
Adrian will face a stiff challenge from Australian sprinters Cameron McEvoy and Kyle Chalmers, the 18-year-old revelation of Rio who broke the 48-minute mark for the first time in heats and semis here to thrust himself into the medal conversation.
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On Tuesday night, led by Michael Phelps as the anchor, the USA men won the 4×200 freestyle relay – their fourth consecutive gold medal in the event.
