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ATLANTA (AP)—Here’s a no-brainer: Michael Phelps was named USA Swimming’s athlete of the year on Saturday.Phelps’ mother, Debbie, was on hand at the group’s convention to accept the award. He won a record eight gold medals at the Beijing Olympics, breaking Mark Spitz’s 36-year-old record.
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Phelps returns to Michigan, his 2nd home
By LARRY LAGE, AP Sports Writer
ANN ARBOR, Mich. (AP)—Michael Phelps returned to the University of Michigan, his home for four years before the Beijing Games.
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Updated: 2008-02-04
Chinese team tops women’s 4X100m medley relay.
(BEIJING, Feb. 4) — On Monday morning, the finals of six events of the “Good Luck Beijing” 2008 Swimming China Open were staged at the National Aquatics Center, with Hungary and China taking two titles each, while Sweden and Germany each had one title.
In the men’s 50m freestyle final
Updated: 2008-08-14 13:08:00
(L-R) Kylie Palmer, Bronte Barratt, Linda Mackenzie and Stephanie Rice (Photo credit: Clive Brunskill/Getty Images)
The Women’s 4 x 200m Freestyle Relay was held at the National Aquatics Center on day six of the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games on August 14, 2008 in Beijing, China. The Australian team finished the race in a time of 7:44.31, a new world record.
Kylie Palmer of Australia competes. (Photo credit: Vladimir Rys/Bongarts/Getty Images)
Linda Mackenzie of Australia competes. (Photo credit: Streeter Lecka/Getty Images)
Stephanie Rice, Bronte Barratt and Kylie Palmer celebrate. (Photo credit: Streeter Lecka/Getty Images)
Updated: 2008-08-11 22:43:22
(BEIJING, August 11) — Spectators at the Water Cube witnessed the birth of four more gold medals and five new world records on Monday, August 11.
In one of the all-time great relay swims, the United States overhauled the French team in the shadows of the finish line to complete a stunning Men’s 4 x 100m Freestyle Relay win on Monday, smashing their own world record set on Sunday by nearly four seconds in the process.
Another world record was broken in this event when Australia’s Eamon Sullivan shaved 0.26 seconds off French Alain Bernard’s old record for the Men’s 100m with a stunning lead-off leg of 47.24.
Briton Rebecca Adlington breathtakingly overtook Katie Hoff of the United States in the last meter to grab gold, becoming the first British woman in 48 years to win an Olympic Swimming event.
Earlier in the morning, Kitajima Kosuke of Japan managed to defend his Olympic title and rewrote his own WR in the Men’s 100m Breaststroke final, stopping the clock at 58.91.
The Women’s 100m Butterfly final went on more as expected. World champion Lisbeth Trickett of Australia took gold with a time of 56.73, though with some challenge from Christine Magnuson of the United States in the final 15 meters.
In the second semifinal of the Women’s 100m Backstroke in the morning, Zimbabwean Kirsty Coventry touched the wall a full shoulder length ahead of the competition to smash the world record with a time of 58.77.
Federica Pellegrini of Italy set a new world record of 1:55.4 in the Women’s 200m Freestyle prelims on Monday evening, slicing 0.07 seconds off the previous record set by Laure Manaudou of France at Melbourne, Australia, in March.
Pellegrini’s stunning performance came after placing fifth in the morning’s Women’s 400m Freestyle final. “I just couldn’t get myself into shape. We Italians haven’t got used to competition in the morning,” said Pellegrini after the morning’s final.
Updated: 2008-08-13 21:17:45
(BEIJING, August 13) — The French team of Alena Popchanka, Celine Couderc, Camille Muffat and Coralie Balmy topped the Women’s 4 x 200m Freestyle Relay prelims, clocking 7:50.37 and breaking the old Olympic record, at the National Aquatics Center on Wednesday night, August 13.
Behind with silver was the former Olympic champion US team with a time of 7:52.43. The Italian team finished third (7:53.38).
The French team, led by veteran swimmer Coralie Balmy, swam a new OR time that is 0.28 seconds slower than the world record set by the US team at the 2007 World Championships in Melbourne.
The top three teams all broke the 7:53.42 OR set by the US team at Athens 2004.
Wednesday morning witnessed the US Men’s team grabbing gold in the 4 x 200m Freestyle Relay. It is anticipated that gold could also be taken by their female counterparts on August 14, when the final of the Women’s 4 x 200m Freestyle relay will be held.
Finishing first in heat 2 and standing as the overall runner-up in the prelims, US team member Caroline Burckle said: “It is really important to secure the middle lane for tomorrow. Everyone on the relay (4 x 200m Freestyle) did well so I am very excited.”
The rest of the qualifying teams are: China (7:53.77), Sweden (7:53.83), Australia (7:55.10), Hungary (7:55.26) and Japan (7:55.63).
Updated: 2008-08-14 13:08:00
(L-R) Kylie Palmer, Bronte Barratt, Linda Mackenzie and Stephanie Rice (Photo credit: Clive Brunskill/Getty Images)
The Women’s 4 x 200m Freestyle Relay was held at the National Aquatics Center on day six of the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games on August 14, 2008 in Beijing, China. The Australian team finished the race in a time of 7:44.31, a new world record.
Kylie Palmer of Australia competes. (Photo credit: Vladimir Rys/Bongarts/Getty Images)
Linda Mackenzie of Australia competes. (Photo credit: Streeter Lecka/Getty Images)
Stephanie Rice, Bronte Barratt and Kylie Palmer celebrate. (Photo credit: Streeter Lecka/Getty Images)
