Rio Olympics 2016: Twitterati hail Michael Phelps on winning two consecutive gold medals

Rio de Janeiro, Aug 10: Michael Phelps, the most decorated Olympian in the history entered the record books twice in a day as he bagged two consecutive gold medals within a span of 70 minutes.

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It was indeed an epic night for the American swimmer who bagged his 20th gold medal first in Men's 200m butterfly category and within 70 minutes won his 21st medal with Team USA in Men's 4x200m relay category.

Michael Phelps at the moment has 21 Olympic gold medals under his belt and 25 overall. He had also won 2 silver and 2 bronze medals in the previous three editions.

As Phelps creates history twice in a single day, Twitteratis around the world flocked the social media and flooded Twitter with congratulatory tweets.

Here are some of the tweets addressed to the incredible Michael Phelps:

Those Round Marks Indicate #MichaelPhelps Sleeps On His Medals.;)#Rio2016 #Olympics2016 #Olympics #RioOlympics2016 pic.twitter.com/scvYkYPzCo

— Sir Ravindra Jadeja (@SirJadejaaaa) August 10, 2016

I'm guilty @YahooSports! So proud of #MichaelPhelps & #USA pic.twitter.com/r7FTsHW3w4

— Paula Lacy (@pb39nholding) August 10, 2016

I think #MichaelPhelps needs to abide by different rules to make things fair. He must be forced to swim against a current - with sharks.

— Joe Randleman (@JoeRandleman) August 10, 2016

#MichaelPhelps's Daily Routine

-Wake up
-Eat
-Swim
-Win Gold
-Sleep
-Repeat

21 Golds, 25 #Olympics Medals.#Rio2016 pic.twitter.com/bI0AKOGE00

— Sir Ravindra Jadeja (@SirJadejaaaa) August 10, 2016

Winner focus on winning. Losers focus on winners 👀 . #MichaelPhelps #Olympics 21st #Gold #Rio2016 pic.twitter.com/wQfCx3Bgb3

— Diwakar kr Pathak (@dwkr16) August 10, 2016

#Rio2016 #Olympics #MichaelPhelps Routine -
1. Get Up
2. Jump Into Pool
3. Get #GOLD
4. Sleep
5.Repeat
21st #Gold pic.twitter.com/3fEAcO0X1L

— Sangram Malik (@sangram_malik) August 10, 2016

Michael Phelps Have Won 21 Career Golds & Total 25 Career Medals In #Olympics .#MichaelPhelps Should Be Declared As A Country.;)#Rio2016

— Sir Ravindra Jadeja (@SirJadejaaaa) August 10, 2016

From d nxt Olympics swimmers should compete for #Silver n #Bronze There should b no #Gold fr swimming.Take a bow#MichaelPhelps #Rio2016

— Aditya Das (@imaditya95) August 10, 2016

#MichaelPhelps

*Won 20th #Olympics #gold
*Won 21st #swimming #gold
*Celebrated with infant son Boomer

BOOM pic.twitter.com/Q0ZmFvYQAZ

— Francis Keogh (@HonestFrank) August 10, 2016

#MichaelPhelps has won 2 gold medals in less than an hour.

And #IND is still searching its 2nd individual Gold since 2008.#Rio2016

— Sir Rohit Sharma (@ImRo450) August 10, 2016

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