Michael Phelps led from start to finish to win his fourth gold medal of the Athens Olympics with a comfortable victory in the 200 metres individual medley.
The American Michael Phelps dives into the Olympic pool on Saturday in search of the first of a possible record eight gold medals as the Athens Games.
While everyone else wants to talk about the American swimmer's bid to win eight gold medals at Athens, Phelps has been conspicuously quiet on the subject.
The 21-year-old is hoping to provide Japan with their first male Olympic champion since Daichi Suzuki won the 100m backstroke in 1988.
The 2016 Rio Olympics has witnessed some scintillating performances, wherein many young athletes achieved glory for their nation. The Rio Games also saw legendary athletes like Usain Bolt and Michael Phelps delivering as per expectations and extending their domination in the Olympics history. But, there were some unfortunate ones, who fought horrifying injuries in Rio. Rediff.com lists seven such ill-fated injuries from the Games in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
Young Indian swimmers Sajan Prakash and Shivani Kataria expectedly made inglorious exits in their respective events at the 2016 Rio Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro on Monday.
Phelps, who has five golds and two bronzes, joined Mark Spitz as the only swimmers to win seven medals at a single Olympics.
Michael Phelps won the men's 200 metres butterfly final at Athens on Tuesday to claim his second Olympic gold medal.
Pieter van den Hoogenband took silver while Michael Phelps collected the bronze.
The American is aiming to achieve his dream of beating Mark Spitz' record of seven gold medals at a single Olympic Games.
History will tell you there is no such thing as a certainty in sport but there is at least one swimmer looming as a sure bet to win gold in Athens.
Thorpe scooped his third gold medal in four days to stretch his record number of world titles to 11.
The US swimmer will enter five individual events and three relays at the Athens Olympics in his quest to equal or surpass Mark Spitz's record haul of seven gold medals the 1972 Games in Munich.
The 19-year-old triple world record-holder clocked 4:08.41 seconds on the first day of the U.S. Olympic trials.
Michael Phelps outdueled Ryan Lochte to win the 200 metres individual medley at the U.S. Olympic trials on Friday while Katie Ledecky suffered her first setback on the road to the Rio Games.
The American broke his own 200 metres individual medley world record taking .10 of a second off the previous record.
Most decorated Olympian Michael Phelps' self-proclaimed girlfriend has come out with a shocking revelation, saying that she was born intersex and lived as a boy until her teens.
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Prior to the kick-off of the 2016 Games in Rio de Janeiro on Friday, Rediff.com spotted some of the biggest names in sport at the Olympic Village. Check it out.
Mary Kom (51kg) claimed her eighth world medal at the recently-concluded championships in Russia. She was selected for the event ahead of Zareen, who was refused a trial by the Boxing Federation of India (BFI), which decided to go by Mary Kom's consistent performances while making the choice.
Here are other key moments and athletes to look out for at Tokyo 2020 when the sport gets underway in earnest on Saturday
Rediff.com encapsulates all the sporting action from the past week in this eye-catching photo feature.
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