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One one-hundredth of a second. That's a hair-splittingly short amount of time - faster even than an eyeblink. But it's enough to win Olympic gold, and for Michael Phelps, it meant medal No. 7. By out-touching Serbia's Milorad Cavic in the 100m butterfly on Saturday...
The Beijing Olympics may boast one of the coolest natatoriums in Olympic history - the luminescent bubble-wrapped confection called the 'Water Cube' - but Chinese swimmers weren't expected to make much of a splash in its pool lanes. But Liu Zige, a 1.81m (5'11") butterfly specialist, had other...
On Aug. 14th, the 19-year-old grabbed a gold by setting a world-record time in the 200m butterfly final. Just behind her was her Chinese compatriot Jiao Liuyang, who claimed the silver. Australian Jessicah Schipper took the bronze. "I didn't expect I could swim so fast," said...
After touching the wall, he ripped off the goggles, and angrily looked up at the board. Once he saw he won, he didn't exactly lighten up; only Phelps could break a world record with a time of 1:52.03, and still look ticked. It wasn't fast enough. On...
Barring a disaster in the qualifying heats, Phelps will swim in the finals of the 200m individual medley on Aug. 15, the 100m butterfly on Aug. 16, and the 4x100m medley relay on Aug. 18. The potential record breaker - the medley relay - is the wild card right now: Brendan Hansen...