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London and the home-standing British athletes stood out at the 2012 Olympics but the spotlight was grabbed by Michael Phelps and Usain Bolt.
Michael Phelps ended an Olympic career like none other Saturday, winning on the biggest sporting stage of all for the 18th time.
Saturday's highlights at the Olympics:
It was busy at the Olympics Saturday and the home fans cheered a lot, but the bottom line is that Michael Phelps has twice as many gold medals as anybody else.
The United States won the Olympic gold medal Saturday in the women's 400-meter medley relay.
Nathan Adrian and Allison Schmitt brought the United States two Olympic swimming wins Wednesday, one by a large amount and one by the smallest margin possible.
Highlights from Sunday's action at the Olympics:
Yannick Angel earned revenge for France Sunday even though American Michael Phelps did all he could to prevent it.
Yannick Angel of France passed American Ryan Lochte over the final strokes Sunday to pull off an upset and give his country an Olympic relay gold medal.
Dana Vollmer of the United States won the Olympic gold medal Sunday in the women's 100-meter butterfly.
