If it were up to Phelps’ mother, Debbie, an Olympic career than began when her son was 15 years old would continue in 2020. “I think I had a pound of spaghetti, and I am not a spaghetti fan”.
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It also marked Phelps’ fourth straight win the event at the Olympics, dating back to the 2004 Athens Games.
The 1,000 medals would also represent nearly one-quarter of the total gold awarded at the Summer Olympics with no other country even reaching half that number. So, it’s OK. I have another race tomorrow and we’ll get ready for that.
Phelps lost the top spot on the Olympic podium for the first time ever in the Men’s 100m butterfly event – and for the first time during his incredible run in Rio. The two USA swimmers have roomed together in Rio and have matched up in the pool a number of times.
“I think what it means is we have just a great sporting culture and a really wonderful system of sport in our country”, said Alan Ashley, the USOC chief of sport performance. And being at the age I am now, it’s definitely time that I need a break.
Phelps earlier said, “I’m not going four more years and I’m standing by that”, he insisted after finishing second in the 100m butterfly final on Friday. “I am not a spaghetti fan”, he told Business Insider after he won gold on Sunday for the 4×100-meter freestyle event. “I would never have guessed that would have happened”, he said.
First, Lochte went as far as to guarantee on the Today Show that Phelps isn’t finished as a competitive swimmer. “He brings the best out of me, and hopefully I can say the same for him”.
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