Word: vanderkaay
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Dates: during 2008-2008
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...that Phelps will pass that milestone. He dove in to start the 4x200 freestyle relay, and gave his teammates a lead some weekend lap swimmer could hold. Phelps swam the fastest relay split in 4x200 history, 1:43.31. All the remaining U.S. swimmers, Ryan Lochte, Ricky Berens, and Peter Vanderkaay, had to do was avoid a cramp. They did, and went on as a team to break the world record by nearly five seconds, finishing in 6:58.56, the world's first sub-seven minute 4x200m. "We talked about breaking seven minutes," says Phelps...
...explain his almost primal roar when Lezak finally came to the wall. And things may get 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...
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