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Phelps sets Olympic record from 152 BC
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Thirty-one years and thousands of swims into his life, Michael Phelps waited for Aug. 11, 2016, to give us the most memorable, mind-breaking, totally awing, entirely ridiculous and permanently perfect swim of his life.
For the fourth straight Olympiad, Phelps won the 200-meter individual medley. He is the first person to ever win four straight gold medals in any swim event, and in doing so, he defeated his great friend and chief rival, fellow American Ryan Lochte.