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Over at the Aquatic Center there were no Chinese contenders in swimming. And no roof. The steaming Grecian sun that felt warm enough to boil water didn't seem to bother U.S. phenom Michael Phelps, who raised the temperature a few more degrees by winning his first Olympic gold in the 400-m individual medley in world-record time. It was the first gold for the U.S., and as impressively stoic as Phelps has been in pursuing Mark Spitz's cache of seven of them, the weight of the first medal brought on his own waterworks. "There were definitely tears...
Things started out well for the U.S. swim team, but medal hopes started to evaporate into the steamy air by the second day in the Greek sun. Phenom Michael Phelps won the country?s first gold medal in the 400m individual medley on Saturday, in world record time (4:08.26), finishing just ahead of Massachusetts native Eric Vendt, who won silver. In the women?s 400m IM, Californian Kaitlin Sandeno made up for her fourth place finish in Sydney by winning the day?s second silver, and Klete Keller claimed bronze for his 3:44.11 in the 400 freestyle...
Contrary to what you may have heard, teen phenom Michael Phelps wasn’t the only men’s swimmer at the U.S. Olympic Team Trials from July 7-14 in Long Beach, Calif...
...Summer Olympics haven't even begun, and world records are already falling. U.S. swimming phenom MICHAEL PHELPS last week destroyed his own world record in the 400 individual medley at the U.S. Olympic team trials for swimming in Long Beach, Calif., thus launching his assault on Mark Spitz's record of seven gold medals in a single Olympics...
Harvard trounced the Big Green 82-59, holding Dartmouth freshman phenom Elise Morrison to only 15 points while Peljto headlined with...