Michael Phelps, second to none, vaults U.S. to 4x100 relay victory
The American team of Caeleb Dressel, Phelps, Ryan Held and anchor Nathan Adrian delivered a performance that was dominant collectively and individually. They took gold — the 19th gold of Phelps’s career, his 23rd medal overall, both records that could grow further — by crushing teams from France and Australia, each of whom had designs on gold themselves