REPORT: Michael Phelps made history in his final showdown with Ryan Lochte, becoming the first swimmer to win gold in the same event in three straight Olympics in the 200m individual medley on Thursday.
For Phelps, who plans to retire after his last Olympic race on Saturday, the triumph over Lochte proved he remained the top swimmer in the world, probably the best ever.
While Phelps is not the swimmer he was in 2008, when he won eight gold medals in Beijing, he has spent this year's games securing his place in Olympic record books. His 20 career medals -- 16 golds, two silvers and two bronzes -- make him the most decorated Olympian of all time. And now he owns the three-peat mark as well.
Phelps, amazingly, has a chance to complete another three-peat on Friday, in the 100m butterfly.
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