Reversal Gives Peirsol Gold; Phelps Wins 200 IM
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THENS, Aug. 29  Swimming&#39;s technique critic came in for some criticism of his own tonight in the shark tank disguised as the Olympic pool. But all&#39;s well that ends well on the medal stand and, despite being disqualified shortly ...
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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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BEIJING, Aug.19 (Xinhuanet) -- Michael Phelps has taken his haul of gold medals at the Athens Olympics to three after winning the 200 meters butterfly and helping the United States beat Australia in the 4x200 freestyle relay, Shenzhen Daily reported ...
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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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Aaron Peirsol of the United States lowered his own world record in the 200-meter backstroke at the Short Course World Championships on Monday night.
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Now this was a duel in the pool. With Michael Phelps leading off Tuesday night, the United States bested its top rival in the most thrilling race of the Athens Games. Klete Keller held off Ian Thorpe and finished the Australians with a lunge for the wall that gave the Americans a gold medal in the 800-meter freestyle relay. The margin was only 13-hundredths of a second.
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Michael Phelps wins more golds in Athens than Holland, New Zealand, Spain and Canada.
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An explosive performance from Tyson Gay led to a championship record of 19.76 seconds in the 200 meters. Jamaican Usain Bolt took the silver.
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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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ATHENS, Greece - Michael Phelps, seeking his sixth medal of the Athens Olympics, advanced in the 200-meter individual medley Wednesday with a conservative swim. The world record holder and heavy favorite for gold, Phelps was second-quickest with a preliminary time of 2 minutes, 0.01 seconds...
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American Michael Phelps won his fourth gold medal of the Olympics in the 200-meter individual medley Thursday night, leading the entire race. Phelps finished in an Olympic-record time of 1 minute, 57.14 seconds, lowering his own mark of 1:58.52 set in the semifinals one night earlier.
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Michael Phelps won the men's 100 meters  butterfly at the Athens Olympics Friday to collect his fifth  gold medal of the Games.
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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 US with China at 14 ...
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Athens, Greece (Sports Network) - American swimmer Michael Phelps won a gold medal in the 200-meter butterfly Tuesday night, one night after he was denied a chance at tying Mark Spitz&#39;s record of seven golds in one Olympics.
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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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Aaron Peirsol won his second gold medal  at the Athens Olympics Thursday after winning an appeal against  his disqualification from the men's 200 meter backstroke.
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Phelps led all the way in winning the 200-meter freestyle at the World Short Course Championships on opening night Thursday, giving the world&#39;s best swimmer a chance to equal the six gold medals he won at the Athens Olympics.