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2016 Olympics: Day 8 Gold Medals & Medal Table
Another dominant day for the United States with four gold medals, including winning both men’s and women’s 4×100 medley relays, as Michael Phelps picked up gold medal number 23 of his career, the final one it seems. Mo Farah won one of three gold medals for Great Britain by repeating as 10,000 meters champion, and Jamaica’s Elaine Thompson positioned herself as the fastest woman in the world with a gold medal in the women’s 100 meters.
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2016 Olympics: Day 6 Gold Medals & Medal Table
Day 6 of the Rio Olympics was all about the United States, winning five gold medals, including three in the pool, with Michael Phelps winning the 200 meter IM, beating Ryan Lochte for the final time. Simone Biles lived up to three years of expectations by crushing the competition in the women’s all-around gymnastics final, […]
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12 Best Memes Michael Phelps Exacting Revenge Against Chad le Clos
After all the trash talk and the waiting of four years, the memes are here. For what? To celebrate Michael Phelps shutting up Chad le Clos, and beating him in the 200 meters butterfly, while the South African was left outside the medal count with a fourth place finish.
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2016 Olympics: Day 4 Gold Medals & Medal Table
Another big day for the Americans, winning four gold medals, including three in the pool, while the women take the women take the all-around gold in gymnastics. Michael Phelps added two more golds to his collection, while Katie Ledecky grew her legend a bit more. China had three golds (two in weightlifting) while France won their first gold medals of the Rio Olympics.
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2016 Olympics: Day 2 Gold Medals & Medal Table
Day 2 of the Olympic Games went very well for China with three gold medals overall, while the United States swimming team did a fantastic job, with Katie Ledecky winning the gold medal in the women’s 400 meters freestyle while setting a new world record, and Michael Phelps added another gold medal to his collection, […]
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Phelps vs Le Clos – The Best (and only?) Feud in Swimming
It seems that Michael Phelps posting impressive times in butterfly swims away from the World Championships is re-igniting something a personal feud between him and Chad Le Clos, who has been doing a lot of trash talking (Phelps does too, on a more minor scale), already getting ready for when the two clash in the pool a year from now in the 2016 Olympics in Rio de Janeiro.
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Best Sport Photos of 2012
What was 2012 like? Each Olympic year is dominated by that summer event, more than anything else. Yes, we had the New York Giants winning the Super Bowl, LeBron James winning his first NBA title while Chelsea made history in the Champions League and Sergio Aguero made his own history in the Premiership. Still, this was the year of the Olympic games in London.
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Best Photos from the 2012 Olympic Games
The 25 best photos from 302 events in 26 sports spread over 19 days of competition don’t show all 10,500 (more or less) athletes that played a part in the 2012 Olympic games in London, but the two big winners on the track (Usain Bolt) and in the pool (Michael Phelps) remained the same from four years ago.
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Michael Phelps – Still Has More Gold to Win
Just coming off his fourth Olympic games, it’s hard to predict what is Michael Phelps going to do next. He said he won’t be swimming again in the Olympics and spend more time with his foundation. But after Beijing it seemed over as well. There are world championships to contest and win in. If he still can, why not?
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Swimming Gold Medal Count of the 2012 Summer Olympics
Complete American domination, and two individual athletes winning four gold medals each. Michael Phelps made it up to 18 gold medals in what were probably his final Olympic games, finishing strong after a disappointing start. Missy Franklin, only 17, was the female star of the American team with four gold medals, one bronze and two world records.