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The Latest: Phelps seeks more gold in 100m butterfly at Rio

RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — The Latest on the 2016 Summer Olympics being held in Rio de Janeiro (all times local):

6:15 a.m.

Doesn't he have enough Olympic gold medals?

Other Olympic swimmers could be forgiven for thinking that of American superstar Michael Phelps, who already has 22 golds. But the answer is no, he wants another one.

The men's 100 meter butterfly finals are being held Friday, an event in which Phelps holds the world and Olympic records.

Speaking of golds, fellow American Katie Ledecky will be back in the pool for the women's 800 meter freestyle final after setting a new Olympic record in preliminaries Thursday.