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From winners to worriers: isolated athletes face mental health risks
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Adam Peaty flexed his muscles on day one when the Briton shattered his own 100m breaststroke world record, becoming the first swimmer to break the magic 57-second barrier.
Kristof Milak sliced a whopping 0.78 seconds off Michael Phelps's previous world best, which was achieved during the bodysuit era, after flirting with the record for much of the past season.
In a video Shark Week released on Twitter, Phelps, with the help of a monofin, closed strong and maintained a speed of about 9,4 kilometres an hour.
Michael Phelps captured his 23rd and final Olympic gold medal on Saturday.
He has won four golds and a silver in Rio so far, taking his tally to 22 golds.
Le Clos failed in his bid to turn the tables but was happy not to have been beaten by him again either.
Phelps now has two individual and two relay golds at this Olympics, two years after coming out of retirement.
Le Clos did not appear to know if he was down to swim the butterfly leg of the medley relay event.
EWN's Jean Smyth wonders if there ever was a genuine rivalry between two of swimming's best.
After all the hype, verbal jousting and shadow boxing, Phelps floored Le Clos to win in a time of 1:53.36.
The US swimmer has lashed out at authorities, saying harder action should be taken on drug cheats.
The pair’s rivalry goes back to the 2012 games where Le Clos beat Phelps to gold.
Michael Phelps's Olympic medals
Michael Phelps became a father on Thursday when his fiancée Nicole Johnson gave birth to a boy.
Michael Phelps has entered his first meet since serving a six-month ban following a drunk-driving conviction.
This is despite his 6-month suspension from competition after a drunken driving arrest in September.
Le Clos pulled one of the biggest upsets of the 2012 London Olympics when he beat Phelps.
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