LONDON - Michael Phelps has always said he wanted to do something that nobody has done before.
It 's all alone now, and ready to go again.
Best swimmer in the world cruise through the anchor leg of the 4x200 meters freestyle relay to win his record of 19 Olympic gold medals and 15 race at night, etching his place in history as the 'Most wins Olympic athlete of all time.
"It's been a pretty amazing career, but still have a few races to the end," he said.
Now we are four days in the pool at the London Games are putting all of this brand even further out of reach. Phelps has three events to go - 200 individual mixed the 100 butterfly and the 4x100 relay combination.
He did not drive for a medal Wednesday, when it competes in the heats and the semifinals of the 200 IM.
The big race on day 5 of freestyle swimming competition will be 100 men.
James "The Rocket" Magnussen Australia has the time to be leading in the final. Nathan Adrian U.S. is next on the list, followed by Cuba Hanser Garcia.
Other contenders are the world record holder Cesar Cielo of Brazil and France Yannick Agnel.
Kosuke Kitajima will try to make a story "in his 200 breaststroke. The Japanese star could become the first male swimmer to win the same event at three consecutive Olympics, even if it is a very remote possibility after qualifying fifth fastest for the final. Previous attempts a chest Kitajima threepeat 100 fell short.
Kathleen Hersey leading rating is the first U.S. gold medal in the 200 meter butterfly in 2000, when Misty Hyman was surprised Susie O'Neill in Sydney.
A few hours after Phelps won his medal XVIII - a silver in the 200 fly - and its 19 relays with gold, and supporters ranging from Pele Los Angeles Lakers star Pau Gasol, colleagues and fellow Olympic team in the past and present his congratulations Twitter.
"Being part of this is something I tell my children about" relay swimmer Ricky Berens said. "It's unbelievable down with him."
Phelps equaled the record for the race medals Soviet gymnast Larisa Latynina second place finish in the 200 fly, was touched by the South African Chad Le Clos wall. Phelps furious threw his cap into the water, a grin on his face.
An hour later, he returned with his teammates in tow for the relay. Ryan Lochte opened, followed by Conor Dwyer.
Berens has a lead of nearly 4 seconds of Phelps, who walked to the water and played in a total time of 6 minutes, 59.70 seconds for his first gold medal of these games.
When Phelps and other relief against acovardits, said he wanted a "big advantage" to get the ball back and meet him.
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I started to smile as the final 20 meters for the first time I think I have a career," he said. "I knew we had achieved."
Phelps has 15 gold medals in his career, six more than anyone, to go along with two silvers and two bronzes. Latynina won nine gold medals, five silver and four bronzes 1956-64.
The gymnast of 77 years of age, was in the stands of the Aquatic Centre at night and saw Phelps breaks his record, and she said he was happy for him.
"I saw him swim, and I saw my record swim," said Latynina The Associated Press in a telephone interview. "It's very talented - no doubt about that."
Lochte Phelps described as "one of the toughest runners and one of the best swimmers ever live. It's pretty impressive."
In the stands, Phelps's mother, Debbie, and two sisters applauded the company. The use of winning his medal 19 years during the walk, Phelps standing on a plastic chair and stretched to catch a small U.S. flag on them. With tears, Debbie sent a kiss to her only child.
Night Phelps began a bitter note in his signature event, which has special meaning to her family and sisters, once swam, too.
Had lost flight 200 in the Olympics or World Championships in Sydney, where he finished in fifth place as a stranger 15.
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