Thrilling Relay Win Gets Phelps Third Gold
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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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ATHENS, GREECE - The United States had a special night at the Olympic Aquatic Center pool again Thursday, as two individuals complemented Aaron Peirsol&#39;s win in the 200-meter backstroke by claiming gold medals.
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American swimmer Michael Phelps added a  fourth Olympic gold at the Athens Games Thursday with a  comfortable victory in the 200 meters medley that kept him on  course for a record eight medals.
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ATHENS - American swimmer Michael Phelps collected two more gold medals Tuesday, but even he knew he wasn&#39;t the story of the day from the Summer Olympics in Athens.
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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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ATHENS, Greece - 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...
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A FAST finish in the pool at Athens has delivered Australia&#39;s best swimming medal haul since the 1956 Melbourne Games. A heroic butterfly leg from Petria Thomas in the women&#39;s medley relay yesterday snared the team&#39;s seventh and final gold medal.
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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 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 ended his magnificent Olympics with a magnanimous gesture. He matched Mark Spitz's record of four individual gold medals in the pool, then gave up a coveted spot on the 400-meter medley relay team to Ian Crocker &#151; whom Phelps had just beaten.
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Stephen Parry comes a brilliant third behind Michael Phelps in the men's 200m butterfly.
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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.
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Britain took a shock gold in the men's  Olympic 4x100 meters relay Saturday, pipping favorites the  United States by one hundredth of a second.
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The dream of emulating Mark Spitz's  seven Olympic gold medals is over for Michael Phelps but the  American refused to be disappointed after finishing third in  the most eagerly-awaited race of the Athens Games Monday.
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Michael Phelps wins more golds in Athens than Holland, New Zealand, Spain and Canada.
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ATHENS, Greece - Michael Phelps surely didn't bargain for this. His quest to win eight gold medals is over, doomed by America's worst showing in the 400-meter freestyle relay...
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ATHENS, Greece -- Michael Phelps won another gold medal in a fantastic finish, tied an Olympic record, was congratulated by Mark Spitz and planned a trip to McDonald&#39;s for a Big Mac and fries.