Phelps breaks 200M butterfly record
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Michael Phelps came to the Missouri Grand Prix to prepare for next month's world championships in Australia. He'll leave with at least one world record.
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Michael Phelps wins more golds in Athens than Holland, New Zealand, Spain and Canada.
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Ian Thorpe of Australia won the gold medal Monday in the 200-meter freestyle in an Olympic-record time of 1:44.71.
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American swimmer Aaron Peirsol set a world record of one minute and 50.52 seconds in the men&#39;s 200-meter backstroke final here Monday at the World Short Course Championships in Indianapolis, Indiana.
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U.S. teenager Michael Phelps powered his  way to two more golds in the Olympic swimming pool on Tuesday,  setting a new Games record in the 200 meters butterfly and  leading a 4 x 200 freestyle cliffhanger.
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Indianapolis - Olympic champion Aaron Peirsol broke his own 200-metre backstroke world record and helped the Americans set a 4x100 medley relay world mark on Monday at the World Short Course Swim Championships.
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ATHENS, Greece - The United States won the men's 400-meter medley relay in world-record time Saturday night, giving Michael Phelps his record eighth medal of the Athens Olympics without him getting into the pool. Aaron Peirsol, Brendan Hansen, Ian Crocker and Jason Lezak won in 3 minutes, 30.68 seconds, lowering the old mark of 3:31.54 set by the Americans at last year's world championships in Barcelona, Spain...
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Michael Phelps took his haul of gold medals at the Athens Olympics to three on Tuesday after winning the 200 meters butterfly and helping the United States beat Australia in the 4x200 freestyle relay.
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The United States broke swimming's  oldest world record to win the women's 4x200 meter freestyle  relay Olympic gold medal Wednesday.
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Michael Phelps wins the gold Friday in the 100-meter butterfly with an Olympic-record time, his fifth gold medal of the Athens Games.
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Zimbabwe's Olympic champion Kirsty Coventry set a world record in the 200 meters backstroke with a time of two minutes 6.39 seconds at the Missouri Grand Prix on Saturday.
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American Michael Phelps swam an Olympic-record time of 1 minute, 57.14 seconds in the 200-meter individual medley Thursday night.
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* With star swimmer Michael Phelps watching from the stands after giving his spot to teammate Ian Crocker, the United States won gold in the men&#39;s 400-meter medley relay in a world-record time of 3:30.
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Michael Phelps (U.S.) won the men's 200  meters butterfly swimming gold medal at the Olympics on  Tuesday.
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Michael Phelps collected his fifth gold medal of the Games with victory in the men&#39;s 100 metres butterfly today.
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ATHENS, Aug. 17 (Xinhuanet) -- American teenager Michael Phelps, whose dream of winning a record-equalling seven gold medals was shattered on Monday, finally captured his second gold from the men&#39;s 200 meters butterfly at the 28th Olympic Games here on ...
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Michael Phelps led all the way in winning the 200-meter freestyle at the World Short Course Championships on Thursday night, giving the world&#39;s best swimmer a chance to equal the six gold medals he won at the Athens Olympics.