Michael Phelps got the 22nd gold medal to break flurry of records
Michael Phelps got the 22nd gold medal to break flurry of records
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Yesterday;Michael Phelps of the United States won the Olympic 200 metres.Phelps become the first swimmer to win the same event at four consecutive Games.Individual medley to capture the 22nd gold medal of his career.

Japan's Kosuke Hagino won silver and Wang Shun of China took bronze. It was yet another unusual swim for Phelps,who has now won two individual and two relay golds at his fifth Olympics, two years after coming out of retirement.

Now,Michael has 26 medals, including two silvers and two bronzes

Phelps' four consecutive golds in the same event are unique for a swimmer, and place him in the same Olympic pantheon as Al Oerter in the discus and Carl Lewis in the long jump.

 

 

 

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