Phelps Wins Medal No. 19, Most of Any Olympian

LONDON – Michael Phelps became the most decorated Olympian of all time Tuesday night, anchoring the United States’ 800-meter freestyle relay team to a thunderous victory at the London Aquatics Centre.

The medal was the 15th gold, and the 19th over all, of Phelps’s unmatched Olympic career. That pushed him past the longtime holder of the mark, the former Russian gymnast Larisa Latynina.

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