{"id":13148,"date":"2012-08-04T01:57:44","date_gmt":"2012-08-03T23:57:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/08\/olympics-swimming-phelps-gives-lesson-to-young-pretender\/"},"modified":"2012-08-04T01:57:44","modified_gmt":"2012-08-03T23:57:44","slug":"olympics-swimming-phelps-gives-lesson-to-young-pretender","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/olympics-swimming-phelps-gives-lesson-to-young-pretender\/","title":{"rendered":"Olympics-Swimming-Phelps gives lesson to young pretender"},"content":{"rendered":"

\t\t<\/span><\/p>\n

By Rosalba O’Brien<\/span><\/p>\n

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LONDON<\/span> Aug 2 (Reuters) – A reinvigorated Michael Phelps,
\nthe most successful Olympian of all time, showed the pretender
\nto his crown Chad Le Clos how it’s done as he took gold in his
\nlast individual race.<\/p>\n

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Three days previously, South Africa’s Le Clos had astonished
\nthe Aquatics Centre by beating his hero Phelps into second place
\nin the 200 metre butterfly, and it looked like Phelps’ reign was
\nalready over.<\/p>\n

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But Phelps, riding high on a gold medal from Thursday night,
\nreminded the world on Friday of his incredible talent and
\ndetermination as he came back from seventh at the halfway point
\nto take gold in the 100m butterfly, 0.23 seconds ahead of Le
\nClos.<\/p>\n

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If it rankled, the amiable Le Clos showed no sign. For him,
\nit was an honour just to be there.<\/p>\n

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“When I was racing I was racing for the gold but I’m just
\nthankful that I had the opportunity to race another Olympics
\nfinal and live my dream of racing with Michael,” he said to
\nreporters.<\/p>\n

<\/span><\/p>\n

“But he got me this time.”<\/p>\n

<\/span><\/p>\n

Phelps has repeatedly praised first-time Olympian Le Clos,
\nhis competitiveness and his ability to swim multiple events and
\ndistances.<\/p>\n

<\/span><\/p>\n

“It’s going to be fun to watch Chad and see what he does
\nover the next couple of years,” he said.
\n\u00a0 Continued…<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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