Phelps in Rio, one way or another
“D-O-N-E. Done.”
That’s what Michael Phelps told CNN’s Becky Anderson shortly after carting off his 22nd Olympic medal, shattering the 38-year-old record set by the Soviet Union’s Larisa Latynina. “I don’t know if people really believe me, but I am actually finished. I’m retiring.”
While Phelps has been adamant that this Olympic games would be his last, the start to his 2012 games started off more turbulently than most expected.
In his first final, the 400 individual medley, Phelps took fourth place, the first time he had failed to medal in an Olympic event since 2000.
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