Blume, Paltrinieri win golds on final night of swimming

The U.S. team of Sarah Hammer, Kelly Catlin, Chloe Dygert and Sarah Hammer finished in 4:12.454.

Britain held on for silver, with Australia nabbing bronze.

In 2016, Phelps participated in his fifth Olympic Games.

Ryan Murphy led off by swimming a world record in the backstroke, giving the USA a 1.7-second lead.

Peaty’s triumph in the 100m breaststroke, which started Team GB’s gold rush in Brazil, Jazz Carlin’s twin freestyle silvers, Siobhan-Marie O’Connor’s individual medley and two team relay silvers have restored pride to British swimming.

The U.S. also won 33 medals at Sydney in 2000.

After posting the top time in both the preliminaries and the semifinals, Blume came through again on the final night of swimming at the Rio Games.

After her landmark victory in the 100 free, Manuel settled for silver this time in 24.09.

Australia’s team comprised Emily Seebohm, Taylor McKeown, Emma McKeon and Cate Campbell while Mie Nielsen, Rikke Moller Pedersen, Jeanette Ottesen and Pernille Bloom represented Denmark.

Even though the gap was so narrow, Halsall was also touched off by 100m champion Simone Manuel of the United States and Belarus’ Aliaksandra Herasimenia, one of the swimmers allowed to compete in Rio despite previously serving a doping ban.

Halsall was back in the pool for the women’s 4x100m medley relay but she was unable to help Great Britain to a medal as they finished seventh.

Blume was the third Danish swimmer to capture a gold. Still, he won comfortably in 14 minutes, 34.57 seconds.

Paltrinieri, the 1500m gold medallist at last year’s world championships in Russian Federation, led from the outset and swam under world record pace for much of the race before easing off in the final laps.

Detti rallied over the final laps to pass American Jordan Wilimovksy, who settled for fourth.

In the only way imaginable.