Michael Phelps claimed his 21th Olympic gold medal by winning the men's 4*200m freestyle relay final at the Rio Olympics on Tuesday.

 

本周二，迈克尔·菲尔普斯在里约奥运男子4*200自由泳接力决赛中收获第21枚奥运金牌。
 

 

On the same day, the 31-year-old also clocked 1:53.36 to beat Japan's Masato Sakai by just four hundredths of second in men's 200m butterfly. 

 

Hungary's Tamas Kenderesi took bronze, 0.26 seconds further back. 

 

South Africa's Chad le Clos, who beat Phelps for the gold medal in this event at the London 2012 Games, finished fourth.

 

It was Phelps' second gold medal of the Rio Games after his triumph with US 4x100m freestyle relay team on Sunday. 

 

Phelps has reduced his competition schedule in Rio as he focuses on butterfly and relay events. 

 

He is aiming to become only the third athlete to win gold in the same event at four consecutive¹ Olympics, joining Al Oerter (discuss) and Carl Lewis (long jump). 

 

Phelps could perform the feat² in both the 100m butterfly and 200m individual medley³.

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