Team USA's Michael Phelps ups his medal totals to 28 in fifth Olympic games

Team USA's Michael Phelps ups his medal totals to 28 in fifth Olympic games

American swimming legend Michael Phelps competed in his fifth Summer Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro, and came away with a total of 28 medals including 23 gold, three silver and two bronze over a span of sixteen years. At the Rio games he won gold medals as a member of three winning relay teams, and in two of his three individual events. Phelps is the most decorated Olympian in history, and was chosen to be a Captain on the 2016 US Olympic Team as well as being voted by this team to carry the American flag in the Parade of Nations at the opening ceremony.