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DAMNNNNN.....he passed like THAT ..............................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................much..LOLS..
oh man..he IS THE MAN!..LOLS i love him<3
Phelps dominates in 200m free
Coughlin, Peirsol defend back titles
By NBCOlympics.com
Posted Monday, August 11, 2008 6:06 PM ET
Michael Phelps equaled Mark Spitz on one level Tuesday.
Phelps dominated the field in the 200m freestyle at the Water Cube, winning in 1:42.96 and breaking his own world record in the process.
Park Tae-Hwan, who won the 400m free for South Korea's first Olympic swimming gold, won the silver. Peter Vanderkaay, who trains with Phelps in Michigan, won the bronze for his first Olympic medal.
It's his third gold medal of the Beijing Olympics, third world record set here and ninth career Olympic gold. That ties him with Spitz, and three other athletes for the most golds in Olympic history.
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Phelps hasn't lost a final in the 200m free since his bronze medal in Athens, and he wasn't challeneged in Beijing. He jumped to a full body length lead on the first lap and obliterated the field.
He's not done, of course. Phelps is aiming to break Spitz's record of seven gold medals at a single Games.
He was back in the pool in about an hour for a 200m butterfly semifinal and easily won his heat at 1:53.70, the fastest qualifying time.
"Coming back 50 minutes after his last race is incredible," Gaines said. "He put it on cruise control."
American Gil Stovall, who qualified for the 200m fly after the swim of his life at the U.S. Trials, failed to make the final, finishing ninth by .01 of a second.
Stovall had set himself up as a medal contender with his Trials swim, which made him the second-fastest performer ever in the event. But he was well off that time of 1:53.86, finishing in 1:55.36.
HE IS CRAZY...BUT SO LOVABLE.....love i sin the airrrr<3
oh man..he IS THE MAN!..LOLS i love him<3
Phelps dominates in 200m free
Coughlin, Peirsol defend back titles
By NBCOlympics.com
Posted Monday, August 11, 2008 6:06 PM ET
Michael Phelps equaled Mark Spitz on one level Tuesday.
Phelps dominated the field in the 200m freestyle at the Water Cube, winning in 1:42.96 and breaking his own world record in the process.
Park Tae-Hwan, who won the 400m free for South Korea's first Olympic swimming gold, won the silver. Peter Vanderkaay, who trains with Phelps in Michigan, won the bronze for his first Olympic medal.
It's his third gold medal of the Beijing Olympics, third world record set here and ninth career Olympic gold. That ties him with Spitz, and three other athletes for the most golds in Olympic history.
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Watch relay
Michael Phelps leads off and Jason Lezak powers home on the anchor leg.- Watch 400 IM
Day 4 photos
Americans Phelps, Peirsol and Coughlin are all golden.
Phelps hasn't lost a final in the 200m free since his bronze medal in Athens, and he wasn't challeneged in Beijing. He jumped to a full body length lead on the first lap and obliterated the field.
He's not done, of course. Phelps is aiming to break Spitz's record of seven gold medals at a single Games.
He was back in the pool in about an hour for a 200m butterfly semifinal and easily won his heat at 1:53.70, the fastest qualifying time.
"Coming back 50 minutes after his last race is incredible," Gaines said. "He put it on cruise control."
American Gil Stovall, who qualified for the 200m fly after the swim of his life at the U.S. Trials, failed to make the final, finishing ninth by .01 of a second.
Stovall had set himself up as a medal contender with his Trials swim, which made him the second-fastest performer ever in the event. But he was well off that time of 1:53.86, finishing in 1:55.36.
HE IS CRAZY...BUT SO LOVABLE.....love i sin the airrrr<3