Schooling first met Phelps at a US training camp ahead of the Beijing Olympics, where Phelps won eight gold medals. On Thursday, the champion won his 22nd Olympic gold medal and beat a record set by an Ancient Greek around 2,160 years ago.
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Katie Ledecky did exactly what the swimming world expected her to Friday, winning the women’s 800-meter freestyle by several body lengths.
“After the race I was like, “This is out of this world”, Schooling added.
In 2012, Schooling made his first Olympics debut in London as the youngest member of the Singapore’s contingent.
Once the pupil, photographed as a boy alongside his childhood idol Phelps, he put in a masterful performance to deny the American a 23rd and final individual gold in a race that will also be long remembered for a three-way dead-heat for second.
Maya DiRado gave the Americans another gold, pulling off a furious rally on the final lap to upset “Iron Lady” Katinka Hosszu of Hungary.
Lochte leaves Rio as the second most decorated swimmer of all time, and says he needs a mental and physical break after Rio.
Michael Phelps swims in the 100-meter butterfly final Friday night.
At age 35, Ervin now becomes the oldest swimmer to win an individual gold at the Olympics.
The 21-year-old Singaporean touched the wall in 50.39s, almost one second ahead of a joint-silver finish of 51.14s shared by Phelps, South Africa’s Chad le Clos and Hungarian Laszlo Cseh, and smashing the Olympic Games record of 50.58s.
Instead of beating him, Phelps tied le Clos at 51.14.
“It is the craziest race maybe in swimming history”, said fellow silver medalist Cseh.
A Canadian commentator handed victory in the men’s 200m medley on Thursday to Ryan Lochte – despite the fact it was Michael Phelps who took Olympic victory.
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In the medley, Brazil’s Thiago Pereira went off fastest, leading from Phelps after the butterfly leg, with Ryan Lochte of the United States and Hagino neck-and-neck just behind.
