Team USA's Michael Phelps ups his medal totals to 28 in fifth Olympic games
August 17, 2016
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American swimming legend Michael Phelps competed in his fifth Summer Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro, and came away with a total of 28 medals including 23 gold, three silver and two bronze over a span of sixteen years. At the Rio games he won gold medals as a member of three winning relay teams, and in two of his three individual events. Phelps is the most decorated Olympian in history, and was chosen to be a Captain on the 2016 US Olympic Team as well as being voted by this team to carry the American flag in the Parade of Nations at the opening ceremony.