菲爾普斯奪取第19枚獎牌 締造奧運歷史

In just 200 meters today, Michael Phelps became the greatest Olympian of all time as he claimed his first gold medal of the 2012 Games with the powerful stroke of his outstretched arm, grasping a glory unknown to any other competitor in the world.

今日遊了200米後，邁克爾·菲爾普斯成爲史上最偉大的奧運選手，因爲隨着他伸展的手臂有力地一劃，他獲得了2012奧運會的個人首金，這是世界上其他競爭者難以匹敵的榮耀。

The swimmer secured his 19th medal with victory in the men's 4x200mn relay, smashing the 48-year record of Russian gymnast Larissa Latyina and earning himself a place in history.

在男子4x200米自由泳接力賽中，他奪到了個人的第19枚獎牌，一舉超越前蘇聯體操名宿拉蒂尼娜保持48年的奧運會獎牌紀錄，爲其在人類歷史中贏得了一席之地。

After taking a disappointing second place medal earlier in the day, he now has 15 golds, two silver and two bronze medals over three Olympics.

今天早些時候，他取得銀牌，這不免讓人有些失望。然而現在，經歷了3屆奧運會之後，他擁有15枚金牌，2枚銀牌，2枚銅牌。

Phelps's historic achievement is a welcome boost for the swimmer, who has so far fallen short of expectations at the London Games - finishing fourth in the 400m medley on the opening day of the Games.

菲爾普斯歷史性的成就也激勵着自己，因爲迄今爲止，在倫敦奧運會上，他未能達到預期高度——奧運會首日400米混合泳中排名第四。

In the relay race today the United States team of Ryan Lochte, Conor Dwyer, Ricky Berens and Phelps on the anchor leg won in 6 minutes, 59.70 seconds. France took the silver in 7:02.77, while China was third in 7:06.30.

今日的接力比賽，美國隊派出羅切特、C-戴爾、布倫斯和最後一棒的菲爾普斯，他們的成績是6分59秒70，法國隊憑藉7分02秒77得到銀牌，中國以7分06秒30排名第三。

Before the race, they all huddled together, fully aware of their moment in history.

比賽之前，他們就聚攏到一起，充分意識到這是一個歷史時刻。

‘I thanked those guys for helping me get to this moment,' Phelps said.

菲爾普斯說：“我感謝與我一起創造這個時刻的隊友。”

‘I told those guys I wanted a big lead. I was like, "You better give me a big lead going into the last lap," and they gave it to me. I just wanted to hold on. I thanked them for being able to allow me to have this moment.'

“我告訴他們，我想要遙遙領先。我大概是這樣說，‘你們最好在我遊最後一棒前領先很多。'然後他們做到了。我僅僅就是想要保持住。我感謝他們讓我擁有這一刻。”

Phelps has 15 golds in his career, six more than anyone else, to go along with two silvers and two bronzes. Latynina won nine golds, five silvers and four bronzes from 1956-64.

菲爾普斯在其職業生涯中，擁有15枚金牌，比其他任何人都多6枚，2枚銀牌，2枚銅牌。拉蒂尼娜自1956年至1964年贏得了9枚金牌，5枚銀牌，4枚銅牌。