Nicole Johnson, Michael Phelps’ fiancee, carries their son Boomer as she waves to him beside Phelps’ mother, Debbie.
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Dressel completed his opening leg just two hundredths behind the French in 48.10 and Phelps made the difference, taking the lead off a strong turn and clocking out at 47.12 with Held putting in a 47.73 and Adrian fastest of all in 46.97.
That inspired Phelps to give his full axe murderer look, which quickly became the hashtag #PhelpsFace as people imagined what was running through his head.
No, Phelps smiled and laughed Sunday and raised his fists in triumph, helping claim another gold medal like he’d done 18 times before.
The 19-year-old smashed her own world record to win in a time of 3:56.46 – almost five seconds ahead of her closest rival. France won the silver in 3:10.53 and Australia the bronze in 3:11.37. The unassuming teenager from suburban Washington has dominated the longer freestyle events since winning gold in the 800 free at the London Olympics as a 15-year-old. They stood to take photos of him and he lingered in the pool after his heat, the last man to climb out.
Now, four years later, Le Clos is not the starry-eyed kid he once was.
History and Phelps said otherwise.
The victory maintained a run of usa success in the event, with the Americans medaling in every 4×100 freestyle relay raced at the Games since it was first included in 1964. But they had won it only once since 2000 until Sunday.
Ryan Held was the only holdover from the morning.
“That’s where I hurt the most”, he said of the marks on his shoulder. “I would label cupping in the category of a placebo effect”, one doctor told Fox News in 2012. “It is good to see emotion as one of the old dudes”.
Peaty blew away Cameron van der Burgh of South Africa, the defending Olympic champion who took silver this time in 58.69.
“I knew I was the big favorite”.
James Guy and the men’s 4 x 100m freestyle relay team stunned repeat winners the United States at last year’s World Championships and will look to repeat that feat in Brazil. I just did a time he hasn’t done in four years. “You know, he’s tough”. He is largely credited for bringing huge amounts of attention to the sport since his first Olympics in 2000, and he (and other great Olympians like Lochte) has made the non-swimming world watch his races, appreciate his medals, and, unfortunately, set the bar too high.
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The crowd went into a frenzy at the sight of two Brazilians in the final.
