Americans Smash Last East German Swim World Record
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The last long-course world swimming  record held by now discredited Communist East Germany was  finally consigned to history by an American quartet at the  Olympics on Wednesday.
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BEIJING, Aug.18(Xinhuanet) -- Australian Ian Thorpe has beaten archrival Michael Phelps in a nail-biting Olympic men¡¯s 200-meter freestyle final between the four fastest swimmers in history, Shenzhen Daily reported Wednesday.
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American Michael Phelps broke his own 200 meters butterfly world record when he clocked one minute, 53.71 seconds at the Missouri Grand Prix in Columbia on Saturday.
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On a night when a disqualification was posted, protested, counterprotested twice and ultimately tossed out, the American swimmers claimed their largest medal haul of the meet so far.
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The United States finished atop the medal charts for the third straight Summer Olympics, with Russia the overall runner-up and China second in gold medals &#151; its best showing ever and the leading edge of a surge by Asian teams. The American team amassed 103 total medals, topping its target of 100, and won 35 golds to 32 for China and 27 for Russia.
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INDIANAPOLIS -- Aaron Peirsol lowered his own world record in the 200-meter backstroke at the Short Course World Championships on Monday night and then was part of the US team that set a world record in the 400 medley relay by more than 5 seconds.
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The United States broke the world record to win the men&#39;s 4x100 meters medley relay at the Athens Olympics Saturday and allow Michael Phelps to match Soviet gymnast Alexander
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Saturday marks the final day of swimming at the 2004 Olympics and even though American Michael Phelps will not be in the pool for the 400-meter medley relay he will have a chance to tie an incredible record.
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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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ATHENS, Greece -- Two decades of American dominance in the 100 meters ended Saturday when Yuliya Nesterenko rode a powerful closing surge to overtake Lauryn Williams, nipping the newest American track star at the finish.
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Australian swimmer Ian Thorpe beat  American arch-rival Michael Phelps in the men's 200-meter  freestyle on Monday as China, Australia and Japan led the  United States in the medals table on day three of the Olympic  Games.
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LONDON  - A retired American pilot swam across the choppy, chilly English Channel to raise money for children in Haiti - and at age 70, became the oldest person to swim the stretch from Britain to France.
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World records are rare, but even rarer in the Olympic world is having a country sweep the medals in one event. On Monday, Jeremy Wariner, Otis Harris and Derrick Brew did just that for the US in the 400-meter dash.
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The United States broke swimming&#39;s oldest world record to win the women&#39;s 4x200 meter freestyle relay Olympic gold medal Wednesday.
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American swimmers continued their dominance in the world short course championships in Indianapolis on Friday, winning five of the eight gold medals on offer without the help of injured Michael Phelps.
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Australia's Eamon Sullivan broke Alexander Popov's eight-year-old world record for 50 meters freestyle on Sunday, instantly inheriting the title as the fastest swimmer in history.
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Phelps tied the record for most medals by an athlete at a single Olympics, matching the achievement of Soviet gymnast Aleksandr Dityatin in the boycotted 1980 Moscow Games.