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Phelps swims past a 48-year-old record; London gives him his 19th medal
The Baltimore swimmer, in his fourth Olympics, finishes the Games with 22 career medals in all.
Larisa Latynina's medal count had stood since 1964, untouched through eleven Olympiads. At the London Aquatics Centre, Michael Phelps, competing in his fourth Games, added to a tally he'd built in Athens and Beijing, pushing past the Soviet gymnast's 18 medals medals. He closed out the 2012 Olympics with four gold medals and two silver, bringing his career total to 22 medals overall, and beat Ryan Lochte along the way in the 200-meter individual medley on August 2. His last race in London, the 4x100-meter medley relay on August 4, ended in gold…
