“A thousandth gold for team U.S.”, said Manuel, who swam the anchor leg for her second gold of the games and second medal of the night. I said this to a number of people: the world is going to see who I am.
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Two-time gold medalist Murphy put the Americans out front with a world-record split on the backstroke – it counts since he was leading off – but Britain surged ahead on the breaststroke with its own world-record holder, Adam Peaty.
“It’s really special”, Manuel said.
DAY 5: Kristin Armstrong hugs her son Lucas Armstrong Savola, 5, after she won the gold medal in the women’s cycling road individual time trial at Rio 2016 on Wednesday, August 10, 2016.
His win was all the more impressive because 11 minutes into the race he got tangled up with American Galen Rupp and tumbled to the track.
Joseph Schooling was working on a school essay one morning in 2008 when Michael Phelps showed up to train at his club in Singapore ahead of the Beijing Olympics.
“We came together as a team and Michael was like ‘You know guys, I don’t really have anything to say”.
Phelps, of course, led the way.
His career medal haul of 28, including three silvers and two bronze, is 10 higher than Soviet gymnast Larisa Latynina, the second most-decorated Olympic athlete.
Double gold medalistRyan Murphy led off on backstroke, followed by Cody Miller on breaststroke, Phelps on butterfly and Nathan Adrian swimming the freestyle leg.
It could have all ended four years ago, a little less cool, for the now 31-year-old American.
Phelps is the only one to have done it three times, Olympic historian Bill Mallon said.
Kenichi Hayakawa and Hiroyuki Endo of Japan compete against B. Sumeeth Reddy and Manu Attri of Indonesia during the Mixed’s Doubles Play Stage Group D match on Day 8 of the 2016 Rio Olympics at Riocentro – Pavilion 4 on August 13, 2016 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
– The lone Russian cleared to compete in track and field has been banned by the sport’s governing body, although the Court of Arbitration for Sport will hear her appeal and hopes to have a decision by Sunday night. Meyer took the 200, 400 and 800 at the 1968 Mexico Games, and Ledecky matched that performance with a couple of world records as well.
The victory continued America’s stranglehold on an event they have never lost in Olympic competition. “We were just kind of staking our claim in Rio, and I think we kind of did that in the pool as well”.
Michael Phelps secured a fairytale end to his career as an Olympic athlete as the USA continued their dominance in the pool on the final night of swimming at the Rio Games on Saturday.
There are several factors that go into the success of the USA program, starting with some simple numbers.
While Ledecky, at 19, is the youngest member of the USA team, Ervin is the oldest at 35.
After posting the top time in both the preliminaries and the semifinals, Blume came through again in the final Saturday on the final night of swimming. However, he finished second in 2012.
After her landmark victory in the 100 free, Manuel settled for silver this time in 24.09.
Australia earned silver, while Denmark took bronze.
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Halsall lined up in Lane 6 either side of Cate Campbell – who failed to medal in the 100m free – and the Australian’s conqueror Simone Manuel.
