“It’s really special and the fact that I could do it with the relay is unbelievable”, said the 20-year-old, who leaves Rio with two golds and two silvers after winning the 100 freestyle in a dead-heat with Canada’s Penny Oleksiak on Thursday.
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When his news conference ended, Phelps bounded out of his chair.
Phelps added another half-dozen medals to his collection in the 2016 Games, running his total to 28 – 23 of which are gold.
“This is how I wanted to finish my career”, Phelps said. “I won’t be in the pool”. “That’s the difference. Because I knew this was the last time”. And then she was like, ‘What about 100 fly?
First off, Phelps has won more individual events than any Olympian in history.
“The biggest thing between now and London was that I was more emotional during these games and that showed on camera”, Phelps said. I knew this was the last race that I ever had, the last Olympics that I ever had. As these entire Games have been, last night’s NBC packaged prime coverage was down from the comparable night of London 2012 by 27% in among the 18-49s and 16% in total viewers.
The victor, however, never seemed in doubt after world champion Paltrinieri took the lead at 150 metres and wore down the rest of the field to win by 4.91 seconds. “Not only is it, for me, it’s been a huge part of my life, but it can also be a lifesaver”. He entered six weeks of inpatient therapy, where he got in touch with some of the issues that seemed to lead him astray outside the pool.
There’s a good chance he could go into coaching, maybe even assist his longtime-time swim coach Bob Bowman at Arizona State University. “That human spirit, that capacity to heal”.
“I think I needed a break, a new perspective, drive and motivation”.
He talked of becoming a professional golfer, but eventually found himself testing the waters of a swimming comeback and, despite some missteps with a drink-driving conviction that led to rehabilitation and a suspension, made his fifth Olympic team.
At the 2013 World Championships she won four gold medals and broke two world records.
But Phelps has remained adamant that his days in the pool are finished.
He wouldn’t be for long.
It wasn’t in doubt after that. Britain held on for silver, with Australia nabbing bronze.
Michael Phelps, now 31, won five gold medals and one silver medal at the 2016 Rio Olympics.
Team USA should watch out for its next competitor: Jordan Lopez. “It’s a nice number”. Historically, the US men have won gold in this event every time they’ve entered, dating back to the event’s debut in 1960.
“I am on Tinder”, he said. “Sharing that with three other women is just icing on the cake”.
Earlier in the night, Manuel took silver in the 50 free.
Lochte has become something of a celebrity not only because of his swimming, but because apparently women find him attractive. Miller, also making his first Olympic appearance in 2016, earned a bronze medal in the 100m breaststroke. She will swim in the event’s final on Friday.
Ledecky posed for a photo with Phelps, Phelps’ fiancee, Nicole Johnson, and their little boy, Boomer.
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With a gold medal around his neck.
