LONDON -- Seventh at the turn, an Olympic champion at the end.
Make it 17 gold medals for Michael Phelps.
What a way to go out in the final individual race of his career.
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With those long arms whipping through the water, Phelps was next-to-last when he touched the wall at the far end of the pool in the 100-meter butterfly but in a familiar position when he made the touch that counted Friday—his name atop the leaderboard, a smile on his face, another gold medal around his neck.








