That’s the big thing on the schedule for Thursday night, although Rio will have more to offer. For 13 years, the veteran swimmers have dominated the 200-meter individual medley, CBSSports.com reported.
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Gold medalist Ryan Murphy poses during the medal ceremony for the Men’s 100m Backstroke Final on Day 3 of the Rio 2016 Olympic Games.
But the 200 IM.
After the London Olympics, Phelps announced his retirement from the sport.
“My career would definitely be different”, Lochte said when asked if he’s grateful for Phelps being around at the same time. “I think in 2012, that was something I could say if I walked away then, I wouldn’t have been that way”.
Biles, who is in the running for five medals at these Olympics, had a 14.8 on bars, the only time she wasn’t the high scorer. “It’s going to be a pretty good matchup”.
But more importantly on a technical level, Le Clos made the mistake of looking at Phelps too often in the last 50m instead of keeping his head down and swimming his own race, which is what Phelps did. Before the 200 IM final at Olympic Trials, he stepped on the back of Phelps’ shoe as they walked out to race, causing Phelps to giggle. She still posted the best time by nearly seven seconds.
NBC swimming analyst Rowdy Gaines said on the broadcast that Phelps’ third leg, the 50 meters of breaststroke, was the best stretch of breaststroke he’s ever seen Phelps swim. Lochte will swim in Lane 5. The chance to watch Phelps take on Lochte and others one last time in one of his best competitions should be must-watch TV (or live stream if you prefer). But he and Lochte are known to be friends, and their roommate in Rio, Conor Dwyer said yesterday that from the way Phelps and Lochte act around each other, he would never guess that these roomies are also perennially vying for swimming glory.
Campbell and her younger sister, Bronte, were hoping to battle for gold after teaming up to lead Australia to a victory in the 4×100 free relay. He did 18 months of probation and everyone forgot about it when he arrived at Beijing in 2008 and captured eight more gold medals.
Phelps might be considered the greatest Olympian of all time, but Lochte is right up there with him.
It’s Simone time. After leading her team to gold in the all-around team event Tuesday, Simone Biles is looking for an individual gold medal to call her own as she faces off against 23 other gymnasts, including US teammate Aly Raisman, in the all-around final.
Sure, Michael Jordan won three straight National Basketball Association titles before retiring for the first time, in 1993.
Phelps and Lochte were the top two seeds entering the final heat respectively. “I try not to even think about it because then I get focused on that”.
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Phelps clocked one minute, 54.66 for a comfortable winning margin of 1.95 seconds.
