It also meant the United States ended the second day of the meet with two golds, level with Australia who won two on Saturday. Phelps’s time in the same event was slightly slower leading up to Rio (1:54.84), but still impressive considering his gold medal-winning time as a 19-year-old during the 2004 Summer Games in Athens (1:54.04).
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Her arms churning effortlessly through the water, Ledecky touched almost 5 seconds ahead of her closest pursuer and quickly whipped around to look at the scoreboard.
Phelps joined the chorus of those demanding a clean competition. Instead of turning pro immediately, she swam in college for two years before jumping to the pro ranks last year.
Phelps will be going for the 20th gold medal of his career, but the South African has plenty of motivation, too.
She won with a time of three minutes, 56.46 seconds. After the fight, a tearful Szogedi said she was “gutted” and that training four years for so little time on the mat was devastating. “I was thinking 1:57 would be good this morning, but I saw a couple of 55s and wanted to be somewhere at the front of the heat”. Germany’s Paul Biedermann holds the world record and is competing in Rio.
We’ll see how much USA star Carmelo Anthony can add to his Olympic scoring total when his dominant team faces Australia at 7 p.m. Anthony is in third place and has 258 for his career after surpassing Michael Jordan’s 256 on Tuesday against Brazil.
Phelps has been part of the 4×100 free relay at the last three Olympics, even though the 100 free has never been one of his individual specialties.
“Just got a couple hours of sleep, but I think that was probably going to be my hardest swim of the week so I’m glad it’s over with”.
One of the most anticipated races Monday night will be the women’s 100 breaststroke final because of the trash talking that occurred the previous night.
Taking that familiar victory lap around the pool, a tear ran down his cheek. A second drunken-driving arrest. Giving up alcohol. Getting engaged to Johnson. Becoming a father himself for the first time.
“I guess I got to sleep at 3 a.m. and I was on an 11 a.m. bus”.
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Now, to make more room in the case.
