Phelps closes with gold and Big Off

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RIO DE JANEIRO Michael Phelps said goodbye today big swimming and celebrated a last gold, the twenty-third of his Olympic career, the combined 4x100 of the Games in Rio de Janeiro imposed with the US team in the relay, DPA reported

The most successful in the history of Olympic athlete won with his teammates Ryan Murphy, Cody Miller and Nathan Adrian with a time of 3: 27.95, a new Olympic record. The silver medal went to the United Kingdom (3: 29.24) and the bronze for the Australian quartet (3: 29.93).

Phelps and celebrated its fifth combined 200 gold in Rio, where he also won the 200 butterfly, 4x100 and 4x200 relays and free. In addition, he managed an unusual silver shared with two other swimmers in the 100 butterfly.

The American swimmer has a total of 28 medals in Olympic Games, 23 of them gold, a huge figure and unparalleled in the sport.

And the American star was not an actor in his farewell today. He came in third shift by rail 4 and its presence in the butterfly leg was crucial for the United States could reverse the disadvantage with the United Kingdom, then leading the race. In the end, Nathan Adrian finished the job.

With absolute confidence, the myth of 31 years then celebrated with his teammates and received a standing ovation that had seen for the last time in a pool.