Phelps never has been a long shot to win gold, and even in his fifth Olympics, he’s a safe bet to get the podium.
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But the 31-year-old Phelps, who retired from swimming after the London Games but quickly reversed that decision, has continually stressed that his desire to compete in another Olympics – and he insists this really will be the final one – has little to do with collecting more gold.
Thorpe is Australia’s most successful Olympian with five gold medals, including three at the Sydney 2000 Games. “It’s always special to stand up against the Americans”, said McEvoy.
“I think that he was not fully rested at the Olympic trial, I think that this is his swansong if you may and he’s going to make every single stroke count”. Phelps gets all the attention, but Jake Conger, a Rockville native, and Chase Kalisz, from Bel Air, are also members of the men’s swimming team.
Ledecky is bidding to become the first woman since Debbie Meyer in 1968 to win the 200m, 400m and 800m free golds at the same games. The 19-year-old defending champion has never been beaten in the final of a major global championships.
She has recently dominated US women’s swimming, amassing world records over the 400m, 800m and the non-Olympic 1500m freestyles. Given that Biles won four golds at the world championships in 2015, winning four or more golds in Rio is by no means out of the question. She’s going to set the standard right now for the women’s swimming. 215 million people watched in 2008 Beijing, 217 million four years later, 2012 in London.
Other sports with medals on offer on Sunday include, diving, which sees Chinese star Wu Minxia chase a seventh Olympic medal which would take her past legendary predecessor Guo Jingjing. He’s aiming to wrest the 400m individual medley gold from United States hands, but he’ll have competition in the same event from compatriot Daiya Seto. “We’ve had this problem for how many Olympics now – it seems nearly every time there’s something that comes up”.
The final in the 100 meters, with Bolt as the favorite, is set for August 14 at 10:25 p.m., which is 9:25 p.m. on the U.S. East Coast, but 3:25 a.m.in Western Europe and 10:25 a.m.in Japan.
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“Wishing “my boy” the best for his 5th Olympics”.
