Rio 2016: Superstar Phelps wins 21st Olympic gold medal
U.S. swimmer Michael Phelps / Yonhap
By Lee Han-soo
U.S. swimmer Michael Phelps won his 21st Olympic gold medal in the men’s 4x200m freestyle relay on Tuesday night.
Phelps swam last for his team, following Conor Dwyer, Townley Haas and Ryan Lochte. The time was 7 minutes, 00.66 seconds. The silver medal went to Britain and the bronze to Japan.
It was Phelps’ third gold medal at the Rio Olympics, following gold in the 200m butterfly the same night and Monday’s 4x100m relay.