OLYMPICS SPOILER ALERT > GOLD: Michael Phelps, SILVER: Ryan Lochte final of 200 IM
LONDON - Michael Phelps added to his medal collection with his first individual gold of the London Games, and handed Ryan Lochte a double disappointment on his rival's final night in the pool.
Phelps set the tone right from the start Thursday to become the first male swimmer to win the same individual event at three straight Olympics, capturing the 200-meter individual medley for his 20th career medal - and 16th gold. He touched in 1 minute, 54.27 seconds, just off his winning time in Beijing, but still good enough for gold.
Lochte settled for silver and Hungary's Laszlo Cseh took the bronze.
So a farewell games that started as a bit of a disappointment for Phelps is definitely looking up. He's now won two golds and two silvers in five races - not up to his standards when he went 8-for-8 in China four years ago, but a fitting capper to a brilliant career that still has two more events to go.
Olympics - Michael Phelps becomes 1st male swimmer to win same event (200m ind. medley) 3 successive Olympics
Michael Phelps earns his 20th (16 of those GOLD) Olympic medal this afternoon by winning the Gold Medal in the 200m Independent Medley!
WOW!
Sports broadcast networks are lining up to sign on Phelps for future sports announcing and the next Olympics as he says this will be his last Olympic competing year.
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Phelps and his team -- Ryan Lochte, Ricky Berens, and Conor Dwyer -- picked up gold for the United States, with Phelps beating out France in the final stretch by almost a body length. China took bronze.In addition to the all-time Olympic medal record, Phelps also holds the all-time record for most gold Olympic medals (15), and the record for most gold medals in individual events (9).
The previous all-time Olympic medal count was held by Soviet gymnast Larisa Latynina, who won 18 total medals over 3 Olympics.
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