Even though there are a lot of incredible things that have happen throughout the 2016 Rio Olympics, one story that EVERYONE was keeping their eye on was Michael Phelps attempting to add to his already ludicrous Olympic medal count!
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The teenager from suburban Washington has one more race to go, and it might be the biggest lock of all.
What if Phelps is the male Ledecky?
“She’s one of a kind, so it feels like a gold to me that I’m after her”, the Swede said.
Ledecky anchored the USA women’s 4×200 freestyle relay, leading the Americans cruise to victory ahead of Australia and Canada, who won silver and bronze respectively.
For Phelps, the only drama in the relay came when he split his swimming cap. “This is the race I really wanted tonight”.
History’s greatest swimmer stuck a symbolic finger in the air after a dramatic victory in the 200-meter butterfly he completed in a time of 1 minute 53.36 seconds. The bronze medal went to Emma McKeon of Australia, at 1:54.92.
Ledecky took off at about 75 meters, daring all challengers to catch her. And she admitted that the effort took a toll.
Katie Ledecky helped the U.S. secure the 4X200m freestyle relay event.
“I had enough (left in the tank) that I could get out and hug these guys”, Ledecky said. “I couldn’t have gone any faster, it’s impossible”.
Two days after winning his 20th and 21st golds, Michael Phelps looks to get to another final.
But after his win in the butterfly, new wrinkles emerged.
Texas rising sophomore Townley Haas and rising seniors Jack Conger and Clark Smith helped the United States to the gold medal in the 4x200m freestyle relay Tuesday evening at the 2016 Olympic Games.
“Leaving everything in the pool one last time is what I’m going to do”, he said. He then rejoined the other swimmers and posed for more photos, wearing a beaming smile.
The American held off a late challenge from Japan’s Masato Sakai to regain his 200m butterfly title, celebrating victory in a race bristling with tension by pointing to the sky and gesturing to the Rio crowd to “bring the noise” – an order they duly obeyed. This one doesn’t figure to be as dramatic as their showdown in the 100 breast.
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Rockville’s Jack Conger also earned an Olympic gold Tuesday, though some are questioning the decision to leave him off the US finals team for the 4×200-meter freestyle relay. Siobhan-Marie O’Connor of Britain challenged Hosszu all the way but had to settle for silver. His medal count is more than that of 189 countries, 159 of which now have zero, and 30 of which have 1 or 2.
