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Phelps rewrites history

AFP,London
Michael Phelps became the most decorated
Olympian of all time on Tuesday, winning a record 19th medal in the pool.
Phelps anchored the US team to a resounding victory in the 4x200m freestyle relay to secure gold and beat the record of 18 medals amassed by Soviet gymnast Larisa Latynina between 1956 and 1964.
The American had
earlier had his bid for a 200m butterfly Olympic treble thwarted by Chad le Clos of South Africa, but the silver allowed him to
match the record medal haul before the relay sealed his place in history.
Phelps, 27, won six golds and two bronze medals at the 2004 Athens Games, then brought home a record eight golds from Beijing.
He has suffered a testing Games in London, slumping out of the medals in the 400m individual medley and then having to settle for silver in the 4x100m freestyle relay.
But Phelps' unprecedented 19th medal was never in doubt in Tuesday's relay as he took over the final leg with a healthy lead built up by his team-mates and powered home to leave France trailing in silver and China with bronze.
"I thanked those guys for helping me gel to this moment," said Phelps. "I told those guys I wanted a big lead in the last leg and they gave it tome.
"I just wanted to hold on. I just wanted to thank them for allowing me to have this moment."
In the final 10 meters of his history-making race, Michael Phelps was alone in the open a fitting margin for an Olympic icon.
The crowd in London's Aquatics Centre thundered in applause for much of the race as the United States' Ryan Lochte one of Phelps chief rivals in the last four years got the Americans off to a blazing start. It was a change of sorts for Lochte, who anchored the 4x100 silver medal effort in which the US were overtaken by the French in the closing moments.
This time, US men's coach Gregg Troy pul Lochte in the lead-off leg, offering him an opportunity to get Phelps the lead he desired.
He did just that, swimming the fastest lead-off leg and outpacing the French by 1.55 seconds over the first 200
meters.
Phelps moved into position for the history-making moment earlier Tuesday night with his second-place finish in the 200-meter butterfly, giving him 18 Olympic podiums. He looked poised to take gold in the race, charging out early and leading after all three of the turns, before appearing to labour in the final 25 meters. That allowed South Africa's Chad le Clos to close the gap, with the two going stroke-for-stoke in the last 10 meters. Le Clos stretched at the end, out-touching Phelps for gold, in 1:52.96 against Phelps's 1:53.01. Phelps looked at the video board and said some words to himself, appearing disappointed with what was ultimately a wrist-length from gold.
Phelps however had reason to smile less than an hour later.