Schooling beats Michael Phelps, wins Singapore's first Olympic gold
If there was a record for breaking records, Michael Phelps would doubtless don his goggles and cap to swim for it.But the "Baltimore Bullet" couldn't add to his unparalleled 23 Olympic gold medals in the 100-meter butterfly Friday as he was beaten by outsider Joseph Schooling.
Schooling became the first Singaporean athlete to win a Games gold -- and did so in an Olympic record time of 50.39 seconds.
Remarkably Phelps finished in a three-way tie for the silver -- the 27th medal of his career -- along with South Africa's Chad le Clos and Laszlo Cseh of Hungary, as they all clocked the same time of 51.14 seconds.
The 21-year-old Schooling punched the water upon realizing he had foiled three of the biggest names in world swimming.
Phelps will now have to wait to see if he can add to his 23 gold medals when he is expected to take part in Saturday's men's 4x100m freestyle medley.
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