Medal update/swimming
Michael wins gold in the 200 meter butterfly and the 800 meter team relay. He's now got a total of 11 overall medals (2004/2008 games), and 6 in the 2008 games. He just needs 2 more to get 8 and break the record.
BEIJING (AP)-Michael Phelps won his fifth Olympic gold medal Wednesday, swimming the leadoff leg of the 800-meter freestyle relay and helping the United States smash the old world record by 4.68 seconds.
Phelps, Ryan Lochte, Ricky Berens and Peter Vanderkaay led the entire race, winning in 6 minutes, 58.56 seconds. That bettered the old mark of 7:03.24 set by the U.S. at last year’s world championships in Australia.
Phelps earned his 11th career gold medal and second of the day. About an hour earlier, he won the 200 butterfly. He is 5-for-5 with world records in each of his events.
Natalie Coughlin of the United States won the bronze in the 200 meter individual medley, her third medal of the games.
BEIJING (AP)-Michael Phelps won his fifth Olympic gold medal Wednesday, swimming the leadoff leg of the 800-meter freestyle relay and helping the United States smash the old world record by 4.68 seconds.
Phelps, Ryan Lochte, Ricky Berens and Peter Vanderkaay led the entire race, winning in 6 minutes, 58.56 seconds. That bettered the old mark of 7:03.24 set by the U.S. at last year’s world championships in Australia.
Phelps earned his 11th career gold medal and second of the day. About an hour earlier, he won the 200 butterfly. He is 5-for-5 with world records in each of his events.
Natalie Coughlin of the United States won the bronze in the 200 meter individual medley, her third medal of the games.