“I hope this opens a new door, opens more doors for sports in our country and hopefully I set a precedent for a lot more guys to come up”, Schooling said following his stunning triumph in Rio.
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He began with a transcendent second leg in the 4×100-meter freestyle that put the Americans far enough to front that only the potential of a pulled muscle stood between them and the gold.
He was aiming for his second so-called four-peat of the Rio Games after securing his fourth consecutive Olympic 100m individual medley gold medal on Thursday.
Phelps shot back: “It’s a pretty good one to win, though”.
And his first 50 in the butterfly has lately been unexceptional. He won a silver medal in the 100 m race that same year.
Phelps was on a roll in Rio, adding three golds to his tally and was seeking his 23rd in the 100m butterfly event, only to be stopped by Schooling.
The hashtag #josephschooling trended on Twitter just after Schooling’s win, with many congratulating him on his success.
Schooling, a swimmer for the University of Texas, stands to receive a $750,000 reward from the Singaporean National Olympic council for his efforts, a prize, thanks to the NCAA rules exemption for Olympic athletes, the 21-year-old athlete should be able to keep without risking his college eligibly.
“Obviously, I always want to be faster”, Phelps told NBC.
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“I think that is something that I’m excited for the whole sport to see really where everything goes from here”. “I got silver tie in London so a three way tie is insane”. “Chad and I have had some races over the last four years and Laszlo and I – I can’t even remember when I first raced him.so it’s kind of special and a decent way to finish my last individual race”. Certainly he won’t be racing in anyone’s swimming pool anytime soon.
