Michael Phelps won the 18th gold of a mind-boggling career in the 4x100 metre medley relay on Saturday, retires with twice as many golds as any other Olympian.
The Indian contingent's schedule at the Rio Olympics for Monday.
No means no. No amount of cajoling, arm-twisting and pleading by his team mates and swimming fans around the world will make Michael Phelps change his mind about retiring after the Rio Olympics.
One more race. Two more laps. And, in all likelihood, an 18th gold medal for Michael Phelps. He will wrap up his swimming career on Saturday with the butterfly leg of 4x100 medley relay, an event the US men have never lost.
Michael Phelps and powerhouse rowing teams from Australia and Britain were the early highlights at the Olympics on Monday when London's notoriously clogged roads appeared to handle the extra crush of traffic on the first business day of the games.
Chinese swimmer Lu Ying, fresh from winning a silver medal in the women's 100 metre butterfly, spoke out after the race against the Chinese training system, in a rare display of criticism from one of the country's athletes.
She shrugged off a suggestion that all the attention around her might have prevented her from just enjoying the experience of the Games.
India's schedule at the Asian Games: Day 4
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Swimmer Michael Phelps won his 17th Olympic medal to take him closer to the all-time mark, but his US freestyle relay team were upstaged by France as records fell in the pool on Sunday's second day of competition at the London Games.
India added 26 gold, 18 silver and 6 bronze on Thursday.
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Bangladesh all-rounder Shakib Al Hasan whose all-round show helped KKR beat Rajasthan Royals said that getting early wickets boosted his confidence.
Ryan Lochte reaffirmed his status as the world's best all round swimmer when he beat Michael Phelps at the US Olympic swimming trials on Monday to book his spot on the American team for London.
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Delhi boy Tejaswin Shankar produced a record-shattering performance as Indians struck two gold and a silver medal to launch their Commonwealth Youth Games campaign on a rousing note in Apia, Samoa, on Monday.
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Dutch swimmer Inge Dekker, who was diagnosed with cervical cancer in February and had surgery in March, will take part in her fourth Olympics after being named on Tuesday in a 17-strong squad for next month's Rio Games.
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They might have butterflies in their stomach, a dry mouth and sweaty palms. However, on camera, they exuded confidence and the air of business as usual. This was the palpable mood of politicians across parties a day before the result of the most crucial set of elections since 2009 was to be declared.
Freestyle queen Katie Ledecky made sure of her third swimming gold medal of the Rio Olympics, and fourth of her career, after anchoring the US women to victory in the 4x200 meters relay on Wednesday.
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The former World heavyweight boxing champion passed away on Friday at a Phoenix-area hospital, where he spent the past few days being treated for respiratory complications, a family spokesman confirmed.
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Following is the schedule of Indian contingent on the fifth day of the Asian Games.
When Olympic swimming champion Kyle Chalmers completed what he knew would be his final training session before the coronavirus shutdown, his overwhelming feelings were of sadness and the fear of what was to come. Many athletes are putting a brave face on the lockdown, converting garages and bedrooms into home gymnasiums and posting cheerful videos of themselves on social media keeping fit by "bench-pressing" their children.
In the volumes of B-schools placement reports, one piece of statistics gets overshadowed by the numerical platitudes and eulogies. Mentioned mostly as an afterthought, it is about students who opt-out of the placements, to follow their calling and start their own businesses. PaGaLGuY speaks to some of these souls and learn their stories.
Four national records were broken as Karnataka's Aaron Agnel D'Souza clinched three gold medals and ace swimmer Richa Mishra added one, taking her tally to four, in the 65th Senior National Aquatic Championships in Ranchi, on Friday.
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In a boost to pullout-ridden Commonwealth Games, veteran Olympic medallist Australian swimmer Geoff Huegill has downplayed security concerns and said he is committed to contesting in the mega event in India.
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Five-time Olympic champion Ian Thorpe has warned Australians not to expect too much of him too soon as he prepares to make his return to competition in Singapore this week.
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