(NPR) Phelps went out on top Saturday night, winning one last gold in the 4×100-meter medley relay in his final race in Rio, and according to him, his final competitive race ever. Of course, that’s what he said after the 2012 Olympics.
That was his 23rd career gold medal and would place the Republic of Phelps in 39th place for most gold medals won by a country, all-time, Summer and Winter Games combined.
…If measured against the 205 countries now in Rio, the Republic of Phelps has more gold medals than all but 32 of them.
Michale Phelps medal total in five Olympic Games is twenty-three gold, three silver, and two bronze.
Wow.
