When his longtime coach, Bob Bowman, asked for a game plan before the race, Phelps kept it simple. At age 31, he cruised through Omaha with victories in both butterfly races as well as the 200 individual medley. Michael Phelps wasn't about to lose his last race in the United States. In what was billed as the farewell race in his home country, Phelps competed in lane seven after a sluggish swim in the semifinals. One night after competing in the 100 free, the 19-year-old Ledecky didn't have quite enough in the tank to challenge her own world record.

Source: CBC News July 03, 2016 02:21 UTC