Michael Phelps won five golds and a silver in Rio, taking his total to 28 Olympic medals, 23 of them gold. Having come out of retirement to compete in Rio, the 31-year-old won five golds and a silver at these, his fifth Games. Afterwards, he admitted it had been an emotional night.
Katie Ledecky sealed her fourth gold medal in Rio on Friday night, winning the 800-meter freestyle in her second straight Olympic Games and posting a new world record. Her time of 8:04.79 broke her own world record mark of 8:06.68, in her final race of the Rio Games.
Simone Biles secured her fourth gold medal of Rio 2016—Biles, 19, scored 15.966 to take the title and add to her all-around, vault and team gold medals.
This post was published on August 17, 2016 3:04 PM
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