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...then shared it, telling his coach he wanted to give up the butterfly leg in the closing medley relay to teammate Ian Crocker, who earlier in the week cost the team the 4 100-m freestyle relay title. "He wasn't feeling too well [then], and I was willing to give him a chance to step up," says Phelps. "It was the right thing...
...only one needing some fuel - finishing third in the relay, while respectable, was less than the U.S. men expected of themselves. ?It?s a little disappointing to get this medal,? said Phelps, who swam the second leg of the relay. ?Obviously, we wanted gold.? Ian Crocker, the lead-off swimmer, was under his usual pace because of a bacterial infection; he?s been fighting a sore throat for three days but decided not to take antibiotics. Bob Bowman, Phelps? coach and the assistant coach for the U.S. men, noted that ?It was a rough night, no doubt about it. Morale...
...teammates bristle at the recognition he receives. The U.S. men's team boasts world-record holders in seven events--Phelps in the 200m and 400m individual medleys and the 200m butterfly, Brendan Hansen in the 100m and 200m breaststrokes, Aaron Peirsol in the 200m backstroke and Ian Crocker in the 100m butterfly. Peirsol and Crocker have beaten Phelps to the wall this year, and Crocker famously halted Phelps' run at a perfect six golds and six world records at the 2003 world championships. "I don't think anyone holds any ill will or anything, and Michael certainly deserves the attention...
Lawler placed eighth in the final heat of the 100-meter butterfly against a field featuring more than one likely Olympic medalist. Ian Crocker broke his own world record by 0.22 seconds with a time of 50.76 seconds, besting Phelps by 0.39 seconds...
Situated beneath Kirkland and Eliot, the Culinary Support Group facility is an underground complex of offices, tunnels, prep floors, refrigeration rooms, industrial oven units and cutting counters. If Henry Ford had a child with Betty Crocker, the kid would be in hog heaven here...