RIO DE JANEIRO: Michael Phelps and Ryan Lochte edged closer to an epic last chapter in their long-running rivalry as they booked semi-final berths in the men's 200m individual medley in Rio on Wednesday.
Phelps, still basking in the glow of his emotional 200m butterfly triumph -- one of two golds he bagged on Tuesday to take his astonishing career tally to 21, out-touched Brazilian Thiago Pereira in a race that sent the Olympic Aquatic Stadium crowd wild, notching the third-fastest time of the heats of 1:58.41.
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