Michael Phelps of the United States claimed the 20th Olympic gold medal of his career yesterday by winning the 200 metres butterfly final in a race that made up for a stinging 2012 defeat to South African Chad Le Clos.
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“Leaving everything in the pool one last time is what I’m going to do”, Phelps said.
“That event was kind of like my bread and butter”, Phelps said.
Say this for Maryland’s Michael Phelps, the fastest man in swimming: He can go from intense to joyous in the time it takes him to win a gold medal. “[Phelps] has been talking a lot of smack in the media about how slow the butterfly is, so I just can’t wait until I race him”, he previously told reporters, via Fox News.
The victory clearly delighted Phelps, who held up one finger, then sat on a lane rope and egged on the roaring crowd at the Olympic Aquatic Stadium.
“That event was kind of my bread and butter”.
There is plenty of documentary evidence to attest to the dominance of Phelps, victor of a record 21 golds and 25 medals in an astonishing career spanning five Games that is far from finished. “Hopefully I can keep it rolling one more time”.
“Having that come to an end is weird, it’s insane to think about”.
Phelps anchored the team which also included Ryan Lochte, Connor Dwyer, and Townley Haas as they got out to an early lead and didn’t look back. Efimova will swim in heat 4 along with top seed Viktoria Zeynep Gunes of Turkey, and Japan’s Rie Kaneto headlines the third heat. “It’s remarkable. You know, given not just his age but everything that’s transpired since London and before London and the whole totality of that”.
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“Tonight that 200m fly was really great”. Somebody asked me where that ranks and I ranked it number two.
