American swimmer Michael Phelps won his duel in the pool with USA team-mate Ryan Lochte last night to scoop his 16th Olympic gold medal and 20th in total.
The 27-year-old led from start to finish in the 200 metres individual medley and held off fast-finishing Lochte to win in one minute 54.27 seconds.
It means Phelps is the first man to win the event at three consecutive Games and it came just 48 hours after he won his 18th and 19th medals to become the most decorated Olympian in history.
Lochte, who finished third in the 200m backstroke final 30 minutes earlier, took silver in 1:54.90, with Hungary’s Laszlo Cseh landing bronze.
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