Phelps became the third Olympian to win the same individual event at four straight Games, joining discus thrower Al Oerter and Carl Lewis in the long jump in achieving the feat.
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United States teammate Ryan Lochte failed to get a spot on the podium as Japan’s Kosuke Hagino and China’s Wang Shun picked up silver and bronze respectively.
Boomer will have two more opportunities to watch his father try for gold – in Friday’s 100m butterfly and Saturday’s 4x100m medley relay. “As a kid I wanted to do something that no one had ever done before and I’m enjoying it”.
Michael Phelps gestures to indicate the four gold medals he has won at this Olympic Games as he poses with his gold medal. My body doesn t feel like an 18 year old now. “That s something I will miss”. China’s Wang Shun took bronze in 1:57.05.
So as Phelps was pulling away to add another gold to his record-breaking haul, Friedman called Lochte as leading the pack. Campbell, incredibly, finished outside of the medals in fourth. “Being able to finish how I won is just something very special to me and this is why you are seeing more and more emotion on the medal podium”, said Phelps.
“I saw Simone s name and I thought I came second, then I saw Olympic record by both names and I thought: That s insane, no one ties at the Olympics”.
American Ryan Murphy completed a Rio double after bullying world champion Mitchell Larkin in the men s 200m backstroke, winning in 1:53.62 to underline U.S. dominance of the event.
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Japan’s Rie Kaneto won the gold medal in the women’s 200 breaststroke, edging out controversial Russian Yulia Efimova, who won her second silver of the Games.
