Wednesday, August 13, 2008
Phelps wins Olympic Men's 200m Butterfly gold in world record time
Phelps wins Olympic Men's 200m Butterfly gold in world record time
Michael Phelps won his tenth Olympic gold medal, setting a world record for the most number of Olympic golds won by a single athlete when he stormed to victory in the Men's 200m Butterfly final on Wednesday. In the process, he also set a new world record for the event at 1:52.03.
Hungary's Laszlo Cesh took silver in 1:52.70, and the bronze went to Japanese Takeshi Matsuda in 1:52.97.
Michael Phelps swims during the final.
Michael Phelps swims during the final.
Michael Phelps reacts after his win.
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This event put him halfway to his goal! I decided to write a song to commemorate his success so far. If you want, you can give it a listen here:
http://journalrhythm.blogspot.com/2008/08/michael-phelps-is-halfway-there.html
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