Sun Yang also added to China's growing gold tally with a win in the men's 1500-meter freestyle.

CNN: Phelps nets gold in last race; British hosts bank six

With all due respect to Phelps, the most dominant performance in the pool should come from China's Sun Yang, the hands-down favorite in the men's 400-meter freestyle.

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Sun Yang sealed a place in China's Olympic history with an impressive swim in the 400m freestyle final that was only 0.07 seconds off the world record to take gold.

CNN: China celebrates first swimming golds and a world record

China's Sun Yang has shown Phelps-esque dominance in freestyle long-distance races and is trying to add a medal in the 200 free to his expected golds in the 400 and 1, 500 freestyle races.

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