Word: 400m
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...Jamaica has no doubts. On August 17, the country's women swept the medals in the 100m. Right after Bolt's historic turn, Melanie Walker won the 400m hurdles on Wednesday. "I talked to the prime minister, he told me that everything in Jamaica is blocked off," Bolt says. "Everyone is in the streets...
...China's only swimmer to strike gold these Olympics. But the Chinese team has performed impressively. On August 10, Zhang Lin made history as the first Chinese man to win an Olympic swimming medal when he claimed a silver in the 400m freestyle. The Chinese women's squad also scored a second-place finish in the 4x200m freestyle relay, while Pang Jiaying contributed a bronze in the women's 200m freestyle. And the Chinese may not be done yet, with several key races in the next few days. With seven swimming gold medals as of the afternoon...
...even easier: in his remaining events, Phelps is either the world record holder or owns the fastest time this year. His closest challenges may come in the 200m freestyle, from U.S. teammate Peter Vanderkaay and South Korean Taehwan Park (who has already collected a gold in Beijing in the 400m freestyle), and in the 200m individual medley, from teammate Ryan Lochte, who came only 0.18 seconds behind Phelps at the Olympic Trials. "He is great, and we in China are interested in knowing whether Phelps can make [winning eight gold medals]," said Xuezhu Wen, a spectator from Beijing...
...Part of the inspiration for his blistering swim in the final, which he led from start to finish, was the promise he says he's extracted from his coach Bob Bowman, that he would not have to swim the 400m individual medley, a grueling two laps each of all four swimming strokes - the butterfly, backstroke, breaststroke and freestyle, in a meet again. It has become Phelps' signature event, but takes a lot out of him, both to train and to compete in. "I told him this was my last 400 IM, and he said, 'Well...
...year old Torres, who clocked the second fastest 100m time in the 400m freestyle relay and is the first middle-ager to swim in an Olympic relay - not to mention win a medal. As the anchor of the U.S. team, Torres was the fastest off the blocks and the quickest in the water, out-swimming teammates half her age to push the U.S. to a silver behind the Netherlands. "Age is really just a number," she said. "Water doesn't really know what age you are." After this, her 50m freestyle, a week from now, should really be just...