Michael Phelps left as it began. Win
The most decorated athlete in Olympic history to win gold in Rio de Janeiro in what he insists will be his last ever competitive swim. .
Take the 400 medley relay Saturday Phelps and his teammates, Ryan Murphy, Cody Miller and Nathan Adrian, dominated by the starting gun
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emotional Phelps, 31, took a moment to turn and face an adoring crowd after the race. His mother, Debbie, and her fiance, Nicole Johnson, watching in the stands with tears in his eyes. The son of Phelps Boomer, quickly becoming a social media star itself, was also there to witness the victory of his father.
Nevertheless, Phelps remained typically understated as he took a lap of honor with his team around the pool, the flag of the United States in tow.
Twitter lit up with tributes, no less than the White House.
Hard work, focus, and a dream that is the spirit of @MichaelPhelps. Tonight we all @TeamUSA him and to make the story congratulate
-. White House (@WhiteHouse) August 14, 2016
There 't an entirely smooth race for 2016 Olympics Phelps held off to win gold in his last individual race Friday night Olympic 21, Joseph tuition Singapore, who beat his idol in the 100 meters butterfly.
Phelps has maintained that he will not get out of the supplementary pension for Tokyo in 2020. "I'm not four years and I'm standing there," he said.
"I am able to do everything I've ever set my mind in sport and after 24 years in the sport, I'm happy with the way things ended."
swimmer debuted at the Sydney Olympics in 2000 at the age of 15. He went away empty, but has launched a 16-year campaign that would leave him with 23 gold medals and 28 medals overall.
in a Facebook video posted before the event, Phelps insisted Saturday's race was the last of his career. "Go for 30 medals in Tokyo? I do not think boys and girls. It is more. That's it, "he said.
Many Americans and swimming fans worldwide will be wishing it was not 't so
L The Associated Press contributed reporting
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