Olympic historian Bill Mallon had the United States with 976 golds coming into Rio.
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Simone Manuel followed up her meaningful victory in the women’s 100m free with a 50m free silver, then anchored the USA women’s medley to victory in 3:53.13; Connor Jaeger took silver in the men’s 1500m free; and the US men, with Phelps pulling the third split in the fly and Nathan Adrian anchoring, winning gold in the medley relay, in an Olympic-record 3:27.95.
“This all started with one little dream as a kid to change the sport of swimming and try to do something that nobody else had ever done”, said Phelps.
Michael Phelps, the most decorated Olympian in history, earns 23rd career gold with U.S. win in 4×100 medley relay in his last Olympic race.
It was the final competitive swim for Phelps, who leaves the stage after five Olympic Games as by far the most decorated Olympian of all-time with 23 gold medals and 28 overall. He handed things off to Cody Miller. His lone loss was in Friday’s 100 butterfly in which he finished in a three-way tie for second behind Singapore’s Joseph Schooling.
In the stands, his fiancée, Nicole Johnson, bounced along to the music with their son, 3-month-old Boomer, cradled in her arms. They’re just so into Michael Phelps, he has that effect on people.
However, right at the end, it was Phelps who pulled ahead of Guy, giving US the lead.
As a high schooler, Wilimovsky placed in the top 20 during the 1500 meter freestyle at the 2012 Olympic Trials in London.
This time, the 31-year-old sounds much more adamant when he says there will be no more comebacks.
After Miller, Michael Phelps dove in for his final race of his career.
It wasn’t in doubt after that.
The American eight delivered as expected, winning their third straight Olympic gold and extending their ideal record at the Olympics and the world championships to 11 straight years.
(Left to right) Emily Regan, Kerry Simmonds, Amanda Polk, Lauren Schmetterling, Tessa Gobbo, Meghan Musnicki, Eleanor Logan, Amanda Elmore and Katelin Snyder of the USA pose with their gold medals on the podium of the Women’s Eight final rowing competition on Saturday.
Kathleen Baker of Cal, Lilly King, Cal alum Dana Vollmer and Manuel teamed to win in 3:53.13. Britain won silver and Australia the bronze.
In the men’s sprints, where Jamaican men are equally strong, Usain Bolt coasted to victory in his heat as he seeks to become the first man to win three 100-meter titles in a row.
Connor Jaeger gave the USA 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.
The United States continued their haul of gold medals at the Rio Olympics on the back of strong performances in swimming, athletics and rowing.
Italy’s Paltrinieri won the 1,500 meters freestyle after dominating throughout the race with a relentless display of technique and endurance in the longest event in the pool.
He ended the week with five golds and a silver, improving on his tally in London four years ago when he came away with four golds – half his tally in Beijing in 2008 – and felt he had failed to do himself full justice, prompting him to come back from retirement in 2014.
At age 24, she beat the best from a previous generation.
The U.S. women’s fencing team took the bronze, making team member Ibtihaj (IHB’-tih-haj) Muhammad the first American medalist to compete wearing a hijab.
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Australia’s team comprised Emily Seebohm, Taylor McKeown, Emma McKeon and Cate Campbell while Mie Nielsen, Rikke Moller Pedersen, Jeanette Ottesen and Pernille Bloom represented Denmark.
