Michael Phelps of the U.S. celebrates winning gold in the men's 100m butterfly final during the London 2012 Olympic Games at the Aquatics Centre, August LONDON — Superstar American swimmer Michael Phelps won what he has made clear was the last individual Olympics race of his storied career.
What more can be said or written about Michael Phelps? The media and fans alike are running out of words to describe his performances and achievements.
His final individual race at the London Games, the men’s 100-meter butterfly, was a thriller. Coming off the wall after the first length of the pool, he was seventh of the eight swimmers, and it appeared certain there was no way he could win, and probably not even get a medal.
But somehow he dug deep into his reserve, passed everyone in front of him and touched the wall first for the gold medal in a time of 51.21 seconds.
"I’m just happy that the last one was a win," he said. "That’s all I really wanted coming into the night and so we can smile and be happy and, yeah, I don’t know, it was fun."
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