Michael Phelps Gold Medal

American Michael Phelps won the gold medal Friday in the 100m butterfly in London-2012, thus conquering the twenty first Olympic medal and a new triple crown in a swimming test at the Games, AFP reported.

Michael Phelps won with a time of 51 seconds 21/100 South African Chad Le Clos, who won silver with a time of 51.44, and Russian Evgueni Korotyshkin, who pocketed the bronze.

This triumph in the final of the 100m butterfly, his favorite style of swimming, the holder does triple Olympic crown in two Olympic trials.

By winning Thursday's 200m gold styles, Phelps became the first swimmer to achieve three consecutive titles (Athens-2004, Beijing-2008,
London-2012) in an individual event in Olympic men's swimming, which two women had done before.

Phelps, 27, also increased to 21 the record for most Olympic medals in history, of which 17 are gold, just three days after passing the mark of 18 Soviet gymnast Larisa Latynina.

The native of Baltimore (U.S. East) has won three golds and two silvers in London-2012, eight golds in Beijing-2008 and six golds and two bronzes in Athens-2004. Larisa Latynina had achieved its 18 medals between 1956 and 1964.