He beat his rivals in the 200m individual medley for the fourth time.
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Kosuke Hagino of Japan took the silver and Wang Shun of China earned the bronze in the Thursday night race.
Lochte finished fifth and failed to make it on to the podium alongside Phelps.
Phelps has already won gold in the Men’s 200m medley, as well as the 200m butterfly, 4×100 freestyle relay and 4×200 freestyle relay.
“He brings the best out in me”, Phelps told NBC Sports. It’s been a hell of a career.
Phelps was timed in 1 minute 54.66.
Phelps has insisted throughout the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro that these will be his final games despite still racking up gold medals.
US swimmers Maya DiRado and Missy Franklin advanced to Thursday night’s semifinals for the women’s 200-meter backstroke, posting the third and 11th fastest times, respectively. This comes after he won the 100m backstroke on Monday.
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Simone Manuel made history with her very first one. “I am exhausted. Some of my friends have sent some inspirational text messages that have helped”, Phelps said. He still has one more individual race to go, the 100-meter butterfly on Friday. And it’s not Simone the black swimmer. On Tuesday, they partnered up with Towny Hass and Conor Dwyer to win gold for the U.S.in the 4×200-meter freestyle relay. “No, I’m not. But I’ll just say that”, Phelps said to reporters while answering a question about his son Boomer being able to see him compete in Rio.
