American Swimmers Fired Up by Relay Win
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The U.S. swimming team was slow off the  blocks but is heading for home at full speed propelled by  Tuesday's dramatic relay victory, U.S. women's head coach Mark  Schubert said on Wednesday.
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The United States broke the world record  to win the men's 4x100 meters medley relay at the Athens  Olympics Saturday and allow Michael Phelps to match Soviet  gymnast Alexander Dityatin's 1980 record for the most medals at  one Games.
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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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INDIANAPOLIS -- American gold medalist Michael Phelps easily made it through his preliminary heat Thursday as the World Swimming Championships began Thursday in Indianapolis&#39; Conseco Fieldhouse.
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Finally, it's been knocked off the books. The American women completed a sweep of the 800-meter freestyle relay with a dominating performance at the Olympic pool Wednesday night, taking down the oldest - and ...
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Swimming the backstroke, Justina Langone pulled Latin Academy out to a strong lead in the first event - the 200-meter medley relay - and the Dragons never looked back, winning the relay and the Boston City Championships yesterday at Madison Park High School.
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Michael Phelps eventually was reduced to being a cheerleader. This one was all about Klete Keller. Keller just beat Ian Thorpe to the wall in the second-closest 800-meter freestyle relay finish in Olympic history, giving the United States a gold medal ...
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Great British sprint quartet Jason Gardener, Darren Campbell, Marlon Devonish and Mark Lewis-Francis blew away the American favourites with a breathtaking relay run to take the 4x100 metres Gold in 38.
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Michael Phelps led all the way in winning the 200-meter freestyle at the World Short Course Championships on opening night Thursday, giving the world's best swimmer a chance to equal the six gold medals he won at the Athens Olympics.
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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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Both American 4x100-meter teams won gold medals Saturday night, finishing just ahead of the Jamaicans.
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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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ATHENS -- Michael Phelps has proven that he is the best swimmer ever -- in and out of the pool. Yesterday, the 6-foot-5 19-year-old from Baltimore won his sixth gold medal to add to his two bronze medals, making
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Britain took a shock gold in the men&#39;s Olympic 4x100 meters relay Saturday, pipping favorites the United States by one hundredth of a second.
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The United States won the men's 4 x 400  meters relay gold medal at the Olympics Saturday.
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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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Australian swimmer Ian Thorpe beat  arch-rival Michael Phelps in the men's 200-meter freestyle on  Monday as the United States pursued China, Australia and Japan  in the medals table on day three of the Olympic Games.