Phelps, Coughlin Advance in Olympic Pool
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ATHENS, Greece - Michael Phelps advanced to the semifinals of the Olympic 200-meter freestyle with a conservative swim Sunday, although rivals Ian Thorpe and Pieter van den Hoogenband and teammate Klete Keller were faster.    Americans Tara Kirk and Amanda Beard earned spots in the 100 breaststroke semifinals, setting up a showdown with Australians Brooke Hanson and Leisel Jones...
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American swimmer Michael Phelps won an  Olympic record-equaling eighth medal at the Athens Games when  the U.S. team took gold in the men's 4x100 meters medley relay  Saturday.
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Michael Phelps, seeking his sixth medal of the Athens Olympics, advances in the 200-meter individual medley Wednesday with a conservative swim.
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Michael Phelps, denied in his bid to win seven gold medals, picked up his second victory of the Athens Games by winning the 200-meter butterfly Tuesday night in Olympic-record time. Phelps fell just short of his own world record, holding off Takashi Yamamoto to win in 1 minute, 54.01 seconds. The hard-charging Japanese swimmer took silver in 1:54.56, while Great Britain's Stephen Parry won bronze in 1:55.22.
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ATHENS, Greece - Mark Spitz, you've got company after all. Michael Phelps matched Spitz's record of four individual gold medals in the Olympic pool with a stirring comeback in the 100-meter butterfly, nipping rival and teammate Ian Crocker at the wall Friday night...
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Michael Phelps made a comfortable return to the pool at the world short course swimming championships Thursday, touching first in his preliminary heat in the 200 meters freestyle.
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INDIANAPOLIS: Michael Phelps made a winning return to the pool at the world short course championships today, capturing the 200m freestyle title and the first of a possible six gold medals.
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Six-time Olympic champion Michael Phelps started his ambitious quest for five world titles by winning the 200-meter freestyle at the World Short Course Swim Championships in Indianapolis, the United States on Thursday.
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ATHENS, Greece - With the quest to surpass Mark Spitz out of the way, Michael Phelps could savor one of the greatest races in swimming history. Phelps claimed his second and third gold medals of the Athens Games on Tuesday, winning the 200-meter butterfly and coming back an hour later to lead off the United States' thrilling victory over Australia in the 800 freestyle relay...
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Michael Phelps won his second and third Olympic golds for the United States on Tuesday, setting a new Games record in the 200-meters butterfly before leading a 4 x 200 freestyle cliffhanger just over an hour later.
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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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American swimmer Michael Phelps grabbed  a fourth gold at the Athens Olympics Thursday with a clear  victory in the 200 meters medley and gold for 16-year-old  gymnast Carly Patterson leveled the U.S. with China at 14 each.
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Michael Phelps wins his fourth gold medal of the Olympics in the 200-meter individual medley Thursday, leading the entire race.
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American Michael Phelps edged teammate Ian Crocker for Olympic gold in the 100-meter butterfly Friday night, tying Mark Spitz's 32-year-old record for most individual swimming medals in one games &#151; four. Phelps has five gold medals and two bronze, with one day left in the swimming competition.
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ATHENS, Greece - Michael Phelps took care of qualifying for the Olympic 200-meter freestyle semifinals Sunday, and then found out he had been added to the American team for the evening's 400 freestyle relay final.    Phelps' rivals Ian Thorpe and Pieter van den Hoogenband and teammate Klete Keller were faster than the teenager in the 200 free preliminaries...
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Michael Phelps posted the second-fastest time in heats of the 200-meter freestyle as the World Swimming Championships opened this morning at Conseco Fieldhouse.
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Led by Michael Phelps, the United States is eager to confirm its place as swimming's superpower at the world championships in Melbourne and ride the wave of domination onto the Beijing Olympics.