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Farewell to a legend: Michael Phelps

On the 13th of August 2016, history

was made when Michael Phelps swam
his last race for Team USA. Michael

Phelps closed out the swimming

events at the Rio 2016 games and bid

his own personal farewell, in the only
way imaginable: another gold medal.

Afterwards, he admitted it had been an

emotional night: "Ge tting off the bus

and walking into the pool tonight, I

almost felt myself starting to cry," he
said.

"Last warm-up, last time putting on a suit, last time walking out in front of

thousands of people representing my country. It's insane. This is how I

wanted to finish my career. I held back a little bit on the podium but there
were some (tears) that were popping down. It just feels good to know that

the hard work did pay off and I was able to fight through some of the times

that I went through the last two years and get back to where I actually
wanted to be." Having come out of retirement to compete at the Rio, the

31-year-old won 5 gold medals and 1 silver medal in his fifth, and final,

Olympic Games. Michael Phelps, the most decorated Olympian of all time,

took his final tally to 28 Olympic medals (23 gold, 3 silver and 1 bronze)
after making his debut at the 2000 Athens games at the age of 15.

Usain Bolt Completes the Triple-Triple

On 19th August, 2016, the greatest sprinter of
all time said farewell to the Olympic games in the

prefect fashion, winning he 4x200m relay and
claiming his ninth gold medal. Usain Bolt became

the first ever athlete to complete the triple triple,
by winning the 100m, 200m and 4x100m relay at

three consecutive Olympic games (Beijing 2008,
London 2012 and Rio 2016). After the race,

Usain Bolt echoed the words of another sporting
legend , Muhammad Ali, “I am the greatest.”

Thus, Usain Bolt finished his Olympic career with
100% win record in the finals.

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