He won gold in an Olympic-record 50.39 seconds, leaving Phelps, Le Clos and Cseh in his wake. I’ve lived a dream come true. For the last time. “I’m not swimming Masters either – no offense to Masters”.
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This is goodbye for Michael Phelps.
“Both you and Quah Zheng Wen (another Singapore swimmer at Rio) have used the deferment wisely and done us proud”, said Lee. After the 2012 London Olympics, Phelps also said he wouldn’t be returning for the next Games.
The American, far and away the most decorated athlete in Olympic history, finished with five golds and a silver in Rio after signing off in dramatic style, coming to the rescue in Saturday’s 4x100m medley final (Aug 13, Rio time).
Fresh off Thursday night’s stunning four-set victory against host Brazil, the Americans rallied from way down in the first set Saturday to beat France, 25-22, 25-22, 24-25, 25-22, and improve their position in Pool A.
The men’s medley relay followed with its own moment of glory, maintaining an all-time flawless Olympic record in the event when the USA has participated. The 20-year-old was also part of the USA’s 4x100m freestyle relay team that claimed the silver medal on August 6. No other Olympian has more than nine gold medals.
The U.S. holds the world and Olympic records in this event – 3:27.28 for the world record that was set in 2009 and 3:29.34 for the Olympic mark that dates to Beijing 2008.
She surprised everyone by beating out Chinese shooters Du Li and Yi Siling, who have won the gold in this event in past Olympics.
Elaine Thompson won the women’s 100-meter title in 10.71 seconds, ending fellow Jamaican Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce’s bid to win the event for a third straight Olympics.
Murphy, who won two backstroke golds in Rio, put the Americans out front with a world-record split – it counts because he was leading off – before Britain surged ahead on the breaststroke with its own world-record holder, Adam Peaty. He earned bronze in the 100 fly at last year’s world championships in Russian Federation, and he owns a slew of medals from the Asian, Commonwealth and Southeast Asian Games.
Lilly King, Women’s 100m Breaststroke – King made headlines when she called out Russian rival Yulia Efimova, who was initially among those banned from competing during the Russian doping scandal but was later cleared to compete by the International Olympic Committee. What time is he swimming at the Olympic Aquatics Stadium?
Australia came up second with a time of 3:55.00 to take silver and Denmark rounded out the podium one-hundredth of a second later.
Pernille Blume won gold with a furious sprint from one of the pool to the other. Puig is ranked 34th and is the first unseeded women’s singles gold medalist since tennis returned to the Olympics in 1988.
Simone Biles, Aly Raisman, Gabby Douglas, Laurie Hernandez, and Madison Kocian; Women’s Team Gymnastics – In London, there was the Fierce Five.
Three Rio golds plus a silver later, history beckons again.
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Connor Jaeger gave the US another silver in the 1,500 free, leaving the American with 33 swimming medals in Rio – matching the highest total since the boycotted Los Angeles Games in 1984.
