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Michael Phelps bagged the 21st gold medal of his incredible Olympic career on Tuesday, anchoring the United States to victory in the 4x200m freestyle relay.
Phelps, who barely 15 minutes earlier had produced a superb victory in the 200m butterfly, led the United States home for a win in 7min 0.66sec after Conor Dwyer, Townley Haas and Ryan Lochte built up a huge lead after the first three legs.
Great Britain’s quartet took the silver medal while Japan’s men won bronze.
A list of Michael Phelps’ 21 Olympic gold medals after winning the 200m butterfly and 4x200m freestyle relay at the Rio Olympics on Tuesday:
Athens 2004
100m butterfly
200m butterfly
200m individual medley
400m individual medley
4x200m freestyle relay
4x100m medley relay
Beijing 2008
200m freestyle
100m butterfly
200m butterfly
200m individual medley
400m individual medley
4x100m freestyle relay
4x200m freestyle relay
4x100m medley relay
London 2012
100m butterfly
200m individual medley
4x200m freestyle relay
4x100m individual medley
Rio 2016
200m butterfly
4x100m freestyle relay
4x200m freestyle relay
