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Not just for the eight-day swimming competition at the Olympic Aquatics Stadium, but for the man who has become a household name because of his performance at these and the last four Olympic Games.
If he is to be believed – and he seems especially adamant about it this time around – Michael Phelps swam his last race Saturday in Rio, winning his 23rd Olympic gold medal in the 400m medley relay.
For the fourth straight Olympic Games, Phelps finishes with the most medals of any swimmer in the pool with six overall – five gold and one silver. Indeed, he will likely finish with more medals than any other individual athlete in Rio, just as he did in Athens (six gold, two bronze), Beijing (eight gold) and London (four gold, two silver).
In case you’ve lost count, that’s 28 Olympic medals over the course of his career, including 23 gold,
