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2009 YEARENDER: Bolt and Phelps deliver again but sport also sees scandals
Dec 31, 2009, 14:48 GMT
Hamburg - Usain Bolt sprinted his way into the history books again while Michael Phelps added another five swimming world titles and classy Barcelona became toast of the football world. ... more
Phelps escapes uninjured from car crash
Aug 14, 2009, 11:10 GMT
Baltimore, Maryland - United States swimming star Michael Phelps came out unscathed after his car collided with another vehicle in Baltimore. ... more
In war of words with Cavic, Phelps lets his swimming talk
Aug 2, 2009, 10:54 GMT
World records continue to fall in Rome as Phelps comes back
Jul 29, 2009, 19:20 GMT
Rome - World records continued to tumble on Wednesday at the world swimming championships in Rome as swimmers managed to break six in the eight events of the evening. ... more
Michael Phelps loses Kellogg, suspended from sport
Feb 6, 2009, 1:52 GMT
IOC says no reason to doubt Phelps' apology
Feb 2, 2009, 12:18 GMT
Hamburg - The International Olympic Committee on Monday said it had no reason to doubt swimming super star Michael Phelps' apology after being photographed with a pipe usually used for marijuana consumption. ... more
Michael Phelps' Cannabis conundrum
Feb 1, 2009, 0:51 GMT
YEARENDER: Michael Phelps and Usain Bolt stand out on Planet Olympia
Dec 20, 2008, 11:10 GMT
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Oct 7, 2008, 1:06 GMT
In photos: 'Michael Phelps Promotes the Visa Grant for Early Swimming Program'
Aug 31, 2008, 17:17 GMT
We have added a new set of images from the event 'Michael Phelps Promotes the Visa Grant for Early Swimming Program.' ... more
Olympian champion Michael Phelps hosts SNL
Aug 28, 2008, 1:13 GMT
Two Olympic superstars and a few others (Feature)
Aug 25, 2008, 4:04 GMT
Beijing - Ask any person who they consider the superstars of the Beijing Olympics that ended on Sunday and you will - in all probability - get just two names: Michael Phelps and Usain Bolt. ... more
REVIEW Phelps and Bolt stand out on Planet Olympia (Roundup)
Aug 24, 2008, 13:47 GMT
Beijing - American swimmer Michael Phelps and Jamaican sprinter Usain Bolt rewrote the Olympic record books in Beijing where the Games were detached from reality as never before. ... more
REVIEW: Phelps and Bolt stand out on Planet Olympia
Aug 24, 2008, 10:16 GMT
Beijing - American swimmer Michael Phelps and Jamaican sprinter Usain Bolt rewrote the Olympic record books in Beijing where the Games were detached from reality as never before. ... more
Michael Phelps book in the works
Aug 24, 2008, 10:11 GMT
The AP notes that the Olympic eight time gold medal winner will be releasing a book. ... more
Rogge: no criticism of China for way it staged Olympics
Aug 24, 2008, 5:53 GMT
Beijing - China organized an exceptional Olympics in which US swimmer Michael Phelps and Jamaican sprinter Usain Bolt stood out, International Olympic Committee president Jacques Rogge said hours before Sunday's closing ceremony at the Beijing Games. ... more
Michael Phelps 'Root of all Evil'? Ask Lewis Black
Aug 20, 2008, 18:48 GMT
Amanda Beard's 'good taste': 'Eww' about tryst with Michael Phelps
Aug 20, 2008, 15:17 GMT
SIDEBAR: Michael Phelps would have a rough ride in open water
Aug 20, 2008, 7:51 GMT
Beijing - Michael Phelps may have won eight gold medals in the pool but that would mean nothing if he ever thought about taking up open water swimming. ... more
Michael Phelps talks; possible Carrie Underwood romance?
Aug 19, 2008, 15:16 GMT
Michael Phelps: The 100-million-dollar man
Aug 18, 2008, 18:11 GMT
Los Angeles - Olympic medal record-holder Michael Phelps could earn 100 million dollars through endorsement and sponsorship deals, his agent told the Wall Street Journal in an interview published Monday. ... more
INTERVIEW: Michael Phelps: "Long fingernails and fingers help"
Aug 18, 2008, 13:23 GMT
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Phelps: Sacrifices made worthwhile by the eight 'special' golds
Aug 18, 2008, 12:19 GMT
Beijing - American swimming superstar Michael Phelps, who won an unprecedented eight gold medals at the Beijing Olympics and became the most successful Olympian in the process, on Monday said he had no regrets having dedicated so much of his life to swimming. ... more
Eighth win for Phelps; more Jamaica joy on track (Roundup)
Aug 17, 2008, 16:06 GMT
Beijing - US swimming great Michael Phelps made history on Sunday when he won his eighth gold medal of the Beijing Olympics to eclipse the 36-year-old record of compatriot Mark Spitz. ... more
First lead: Eighth win for Phelps; four golds for Britain and China
Aug 17, 2008, 11:08 GMT
Beijing - US swimming great Michael Phelps made history on Sunday when he won his eighth gold medal of the Beijing Olympics to eclipse the 36-year-old record of compatriot Mark Spitz. ... more
REVIEW: It began as it ended: With a Phelps spectacle
Aug 17, 2008, 8:36 GMT
Serbs Celebrate Cavic's silver after he is 'robbed' of gold
Aug 17, 2008, 8:16 GMT
Belgrade - Serbia was celebrating its swimmer Milorad Cavic's Olympic silver in 100 metres butterfly on Sunday, but lamented the use of electronic timing equipment which gave victory to American Michael Phelps by one-hundredth of a second. ... more
Phelps: "I just want to hug my mom and lie in my own bed" (Feature)
Aug 17, 2008, 7:08 GMT
Beijing - For a man who has just become the most successful athlete in the history of the Olympic Games Michael Phelps' expectations for the immediate future are pretty ordinary. ... more
Phelps makes history with eighth gold; Tomescu wins marathon
Aug 17, 2008, 6:52 GMT
Beijing - US swimming great Michael Phelps made history on Sunday when he won his eighth gold medal of the Beijing Olympics to eclipse the 36-year-old record of compatriot Mark Spitz. ... more
Phelps sets another record, gold for Steffen and Mellouli (Roundup)
Aug 17, 2008, 5:25 GMT
Beijing - Michael Phelps on Sunday won his eighth gold medal of the meet on the final day of the swimming competition at the Beijing Olympics - with the other gold medals of the day going to German Britta Steffen, Tunisian Oussama Mellouli and the Australian 4x100m medley relay. ... more
Phelps rewrites the record books in Beijing
Aug 17, 2008, 4:46 GMT
Beijing - Michael Phelps broke Mark Spitz's 36-year-old record for the most gold medals at an Olympic Games on Sunday when he helped the US team win the 4x100m medley relay. ... more
Phelps finally cracks (Extra)
Aug 17, 2008, 4:13 GMT
Beijing - US superstar Michael Phelps finally cracked on Sunday when he was presented with a certificate to show that he had won an unprecedented eight gold medals at the Beijing Olympics. ... more
Phelps becomes most successful athlete at individual Games
Aug 17, 2008, 4:12 GMT
Beijing - Michael Phelps on Sunday became the most successful athlete at an Olympic Games when he won his eighth gold medal as the US claimed the men's 4x100 relay medley in world record time. ... more
Olympic statistics - most successful athletes
Aug 17, 2008, 3:52 GMT
Beijing - The top 20 most successful athletes at Olympic Summer Games after US swimmer Michael Phelps won a 14th gold medal on Sunday at the Beijing Olympics. <#> ... more
Phelps' 20 Steps to immortality (Extra)
Aug 17, 2008, 3:32 GMT
Beijing - US swimmer Michael Phelps on Sunday became the most successful athlete at a single Olympic competition, when he picked up his eighth gold medal with the US 4x100 medley relay team. ... more
Phelps wins eighth gold as US relay breaks world record (Urgent)
Aug 17, 2008, 3:23 GMT
Beijing - Michael Phelps on Sunday broke the record for the most number of gold medals at an individual Olympic Games as he helped the US team win the 4x100m medley relay. ... more
Golden Bolt sets 100m world record; Phelps matches Spitz (Roundup)
Aug 16, 2008, 16:43 GMT
Beijing - Usain Bolt won the men's 100 metres final with a stunning world record while fellow American Michael Phelps continued his medal surge by equalling Mark Spitz's record of seven gold medals at one Olympics on a scintillating day of action in Beijing Saturday. ... more
Phelps equals Spitz's record, rowing double for Australia (1st Lead)
Aug 16, 2008, 11:08 GMT
Beijing - Michael Phelps on Saturday equalled Mark Spitz's record of seven gold medals at one Olympics as he took the men's 100- metre butterfly at the Beijing Games. ... more
Dramatic Phelps win, gold for Coventry, Adlington and Cielo
Aug 16, 2008, 6:59 GMT
Beijing - Michael Phelps on Saturday equalled Mark Spitz's record of seven gold medals at one Olympics as he took the men's 100- metre butterfly at the Beijing Games. ... more
Olympic statistics - most successful athletes
Aug 16, 2008, 6:25 GMT
Beijing - The top 20 most successful athletes at Olympic Summer Games after American swimmer Michael Phelps won a 13th gold medal on Saturday at the Beijing Olympics. <#> ... more
Phelps: "I want to change the sport of swimming" (Feature)
Aug 16, 2008, 6:11 GMT
Beijing - After becoming the greatest Olympian of all time with 13 gold medals and tying Mark Spitz's record of winning seven gold medals at one Olympic Games and still having the chance of breaking that record, Michael Phelps could be excused for running out of goals. ... more
(eca 031) Serbs protest over Phelps victory turned down (Extra)
Aug 16, 2008, 5:32 GMT
Beijing - The Serbian swimming team on Saturday had an official protest against the result of the men's 100m butterfly, which American superstar Michael Phelps won by one hundredth of a second against Serbian Milorad Cavic, turned down. ... more
Serbs protest Phelps victory (Extra)
Aug 16, 2008, 4:46 GMT
Beijing - The Serbian swimming team on Saturday lodged an official protest against the result of the men's 100m butterfly, which American superstar Michael Phelps won by one hundredth of a second against Serbian Milorad Cavic. ... more
Phelps breaks record, gold for Coventry, Adlington and Cielo (Roundup)
Aug 16, 2008, 3:49 GMT
Beijing - Michael Phelps on Saturday equalled Mark Spitz's record of seven gold medals at one Olympics as he took the men's 100- metre butterfly at the Beijing Olympics. ... more
Phelps equals Spitz, world record golds for Coventry and Adlington
Aug 16, 2008, 3:32 GMT
Beijing - Michael Phelps on Saturday equalled Mark Spitz's record of seven gold medals at one Olympics as he took the men's 100m butterfly. ... more
Phelps equals Spitz's record (Extra)
Aug 16, 2008, 3:05 GMT
Beijing - The never-ending story of Michael Phelps' record- breaking appearance at the Beijing Olympics continued Saturday as the 23-year-old won the 100m butterfly. ... more
Phelps snatches last-gasp win in 100m butterfly (Urgent)
Aug 16, 2008, 2:20 GMT
Beijing - American superstar Michael Phelps looked beaten on Saturday in the 100m butterfly, but pulled victory out on the last stroke as he beat Serbian Milorad Cavic by just one hundredth of a second. ... more
Swimming - men's 100m Butterfly (Urgent)
Aug 16, 2008, 2:17 GMT
Beijing - Result of men's Swimming 100m Butterfly: <#> Gold: Michael Phelps (USA) Silver: Milorad Cavic (Serbia) Bronze: Andrew Lauterstein (Australia) <#> dpa adh pj ... more
Phelps wins his sixth as China continues the gold rush (Roundup)
Aug 15, 2008, 16:51 GMT
Beijing - American swimmers scored a hat-trick of victories and set three world records at the Beijing Olympics Friday as superstar Michael Phelps took his tally of gold medals to six. ... more
Phelps wins his sixth as China continues the gold rush (Roundup)
Aug 15, 2008, 16:10 GMT
Beijing - American swimmers scored a hat-trick of victories and set three world records at the Beijing Olympics Friday as superstar Michael Phelps took his tally of gold medals to six. ... more
Phelps, Hackett stay on course, Steffen spoils US sweep (2nd Roundup)
Aug 15, 2008, 13:41 GMT
Beijing - Germany's Britta Steffen gatecrashed an American victory parade on Friday as she took the women's 100m freestyle - the only non-American to win a gold medal in the Olympic swimming competition on the day as Michael Phelps, Rebecca Soni and Ryan Lochte all swam world records. ... more
Hackett and Phelps both stay on track for their pieces of history
Aug 15, 2008, 13:17 GMT
Beijing - Grant Hackett on Friday stayed on course to make history at the Beijing Olympics by qualifying for the men's 1,500m freestyle final, while a US B team kept alive Michael Phelps' dream of winning an unprecedented eight gold medals by making it into the final of the 4x100m medley relay. ... more
Phelps wins sixth gold; China continue gold rush (1st Lead)
Aug 15, 2008, 12:59 GMT
Beijing - American swimmers scored a hat-trick of victories and set three world records at the Beijing Olympics on Friday as superstar Michael Phelps took his tally of gold medals to six. ... more
Swimming hat-trick for US as Phelps wins sixth gold
Aug 15, 2008, 6:42 GMT
Beijing - American swimmers scored a hat-trick of victories and set three world records at the Beijing Olympics on Friday as superstar Michael Phelps took his tally of gold medals to six. ... more
German swimmer gatecrashes US victory parade (Roundup)
Aug 15, 2008, 5:01 GMT
Beijing - Germany's Britta Steffen gatecrashed an American victory parade on Friday as she took the women's 100m freestyle - the only non-American to win a gold medal in the Olympic swimming competition on the day as Michael Phelps, Rebecca Soni and Ryan Lochte all swam world records. ... more
Olympic statistics - most successful athletes
Aug 15, 2008, 3:44 GMT
Beijing - The top 20 most successful athletes at Olympic Summer Games after American swimmer Michael Phelps won a 12th gold medal on Friday at the Beijing Olympics. <#> ... more
Phelps wins sixth gold medal in world record time (Urgent)
Aug 15, 2008, 3:01 GMT
Beijing - American Michael Phelps on Friday won his sixth gold medal at the Beijing Olympics as he took the men's 200-metre Individual Medley in the world record time of 1 minute 54.23 seconds. ... more
Swimming men's 200m Individual Medley (Urgent)
Aug 15, 2008, 2:55 GMT
Beijing Result of men's Swimming 200m Individual Medley: <#> Gold: Michael Phelps (USA) Silver: Laszlo Cseh (Hungary) Bronze: Ryan Lochte (USA) <#> dpa adh ... more
Kitajima: The most successful Olympic breaststroker (Feature)
Aug 14, 2008, 5:57 GMT
Beijing - At an Olympic Games in which American superstar Michael Phelps is grabbing most of the headlines, it is not surprising that other great achievements are in danger of being overshadowed. ... more
Olympian Michael Phelps' 12000 calorie a day diet
Aug 14, 2008, 2:35 GMT
US hails Phelps as new Olympic hero
Aug 13, 2008, 23:11 GMT
Los Angeles - From extensive interviews with his mother, to exhaustive analyses of his gargantuan diet, the United States can't get enough of its newest sporting superstar, Michael Phelps. ... more
Phelps becomes leading Olympian as more records tumble (Roundup)
Aug 13, 2008, 15:07 GMT
Beijing - Michael Phelps rewrote the Olympic record books on Wednesday when he won his 10th and 11th gold medals in another awesome swimming session as six more world records tumbled. ... more
World records abound as Phelps makes Olympic history (Roundup)
Aug 13, 2008, 13:53 GMT
World record about as Phelps makes Olympic history (2nd Roundup)
Aug 13, 2008, 12:55 GMT
Beijing - Michael Phelps rewrote the Olympic record books Wednesday as he won two more gold medals in the pool to take his tally to 11 while six more world records fell in a remarkable day of swimming at the National Aquatic Centre in Beijing. ... more
Two Olympic records go in heats as US swimmers dominate
Aug 13, 2008, 12:46 GMT
Beijing - All the main medal hopes made their way safely through Wednesday night's swimming heats although there was a subdued atmosphere compared to the morning session when Michael Phelps made Olympic history and six world records were broken. ... more
Phelps becomes leading Olympian as more records tumble (1st Lead)
Aug 13, 2008, 11:06 GMT
Beijing - Michael Phelps rewrote the Olympic record books on Wednesday when he won his 10th and 11th gold medals in another awesome swimming session as six more world records tumbled. ... more
I'm not unbeatable, insists history-making Phelps (Feature)
Aug 13, 2008, 6:54 GMT
Beijing - Shortly after crushing the opposition in the 200m butterfly and 4x200m freestyle relay, American swimming superstar Michael Phelps said he did not regard himself as unbeatable. ... more
Phelps becomes leading Olympian as the world records keep tumbling
Aug 13, 2008, 6:48 GMT
Beijing - Michael Phelps on Wednesday rewrote the Olympic record books when he won his 10th and 11th gold medal in another awesome swimming session as six more world records tumbled. ... more
History-maker Phelps takes his gold tally to 11 (Roundup)
Aug 13, 2008, 6:19 GMT
Beijing - Michael Phelps on Wednesday rewrote the Olympic record books when he won his 10th and 11th gold medals in another awesome swimming session that saw six more world records tumble. ... more
Phelps becomes leading Olympian as world records tumble (1st Lead)
Aug 13, 2008, 3:52 GMT
Beijing - Michael Phelps on Wednesday rewrote the Olympic record books when he won his 10th and 11th gold medal - in another awesome session featuring six world records. ... more
Phelps gets a fidfth gold with record-breaking relay (Urgent)
Aug 13, 2008, 3:34 GMT
Beijing - History-making Michael Phelps gave the United States a huge lead in the opening leg for Olympic gold in the 4x200 metres freestyle relay with an astonishing world record on Wednesday. ... more
Michael Phelps most successful Olympian with 200m butterfly gold
Aug 13, 2008, 2:44 GMT
Beijing - Michael Phelps of United States on Wednesday won the 200 metres butterfly swimming gold medal and with it became the most successful athlete in Olympic history with 10 golds overall. ... more
Olympic statistics - most successful athletes
Aug 13, 2008, 2:29 GMT
Beijing - The top 20 most successful athletes at Olympic Summer Games after American swimmer Michael Phelps won a 10th gold medal on Wednesday at the Beijing Olympics. <#> ... more
Phelps most successful Olympian with 200m fly gold (Urgent)
Aug 13, 2008, 2:27 GMT
Beijing - Michael Phelps of United States on Wednesday won the 200 metres butterfly swimming gold medal in world record time and with it became the most successful athlete in Olympic history with 10 golds overall. ... more
Swimming men's 200m butterfly (Urgent)
Aug 13, 2008, 2:27 GMT
Beijing Result of men's swimming 200m butterfly: <#> Gold: Michael Phelps (USA) Silver: Laszlo Cseh (Hungary) Bronze: Takeshi Matsuda (Japan) <#> dpa sc ... more
Four golds apiece for China and US as Phelps joins elite (2nd Roundup)
Aug 12, 2008, 16:22 GMT
Beijing - US superstar Michael Phelps won the 200m freestyle in world record time Tuesday making him only the fifth Olympian in history to have won nine golds. ... more
Four golds apiece for China and US as Phelps joins elite (Roundup)
Aug 12, 2008, 15:05 GMT
Beijing - US superstar Michael Phelps won the 200m freestyle in world record time Tuesday making him only the fifth Olympian in history to have won nine golds. ... more
Mates keep Phelps' dreams alive as records keep tumbling (2nd Roundup)
Aug 12, 2008, 13:16 GMT
Beijing - Michael Phelps got another gold in world record time on Tuesday and later set the stage for Olympic immortality on Wednesday. ... more
B-Team keeps Phelps on track, Neethling and Oen stunned in heats
Aug 12, 2008, 12:43 GMT
Beijing - A United States reserve team on Tuesday kept alive Michael Phelps' attempt at winning an unprecedented eight gold medals at one Olympic Games when they comfortably qualified for Wednesday's 4x200m freestyle relay final. ... more
US strikes back in pool as Phelps joins Olympic elite (1st Lead)
Aug 12, 2008, 10:32 GMT
Beijing - US superstar Michael Phelps won the 200m freestyle in world record time Tuesday making him only the fifth olympian in history to have won nine golds. ... more
US strikes back in pool as Phelps joins Olympic elite with ninth gold
Aug 12, 2008, 7:43 GMT
Beijing - US superstar Michael Phelps won the 200m freestyle in world record time Tuesday making him only the fifth olympian in history to have won nine golds. ... more
Phelps close to achieving Olympic immortality in Beijing pool
Aug 12, 2008, 6:12 GMT
Beijing - Michael Phelps dives into the pool on Wednesday with Olympic immortality in sight. ... more
Phelps joins Olympic greats: "That's pretty cool" (Feature)
Aug 12, 2008, 5:51 GMT
Beijing - US swimming superstar Michael Phelps, who on Tuesday became the fifth athlete in the history of the Olympics to win nine gold medals, called the feat 'pretty cool.' ... more
Records keep tumbling as Phelps makes history (Roundup)
Aug 12, 2008, 4:11 GMT
Beijing - Michael Phelps joined the list of most successful Olympians on Tuesday when he broke a world record and equalled an Olympic one - all within the space of 60 minutes. ... more
Phelps joins top Olympians as US get three of four golds (2nd Lead)
Aug 12, 2008, 3:26 GMT
Beijing - Michael Phelps joined the list of most successful Olympians as United States swimmers claimed three of the four swimming gold medals on offer on Tuesday at the Beijing Olympics. ... more
Phelps joins top Olympians as US get three of four golds (1st Lead)
Aug 12, 2008, 3:06 GMT
Beijing - Michael Phelps joined the list of most successful Olympians as United States swimmers claimed three of the four swimming gold medals on offer on Tuesday at the Beijing Olympics. ... more
Phelps joins list of top Olympians with world record (Urgent)
Aug 12, 2008, 2:25 GMT
Beijing - Michael Phelps on Tuesday joined the list of most successful Olympian athletes in the history of the games as he broke the world record in the men's 200m freestyle to win his third gold medal of these games and his ninth gold medal overall. ... more
Olympic statistics - most successful athletes
Aug 12, 2008, 2:25 GMT
Beijing - The top 20 most successful athletes at Olympic Summer Games after American swimmer Michael Phelps won a ninth gold medal on Tuesday at the Beijing Olympics. <#> ... more
Swimming men's 200m Freestyle (Urgent)
Aug 12, 2008, 2:23 GMT
Beijing Result of men's Swimming 200m Freestyle: <#> Gold: Michael Phelps (USA) Silver: Park Tae-Hwan (South Korea) Bronze: Peter Vanderkaay (USA) <#> dpa adh ms 120418 ... more
Second Phelps win - Bindra delights India, more China gold (Roundup)
Aug 11, 2008, 15:16 GMT
Beijing - Five world records tumbled in a remarkable second day of Olympic swimming Monday as American superstar Michael Phelps' won his second gold in a dramatic 4x100 metres freestyle relay. ... more
Five world records - last-gasp US win in Olympic pool (2nd Roundup)
Aug 11, 2008, 13:14 GMT
Beijing - American super star Michael Phelps needed the help of a teammate to stay on course towards swim history by winning eight gold medals as five world records were broken in the Beijing Olympic swimming pool on Monday. ... more
Second Phelps win as records tumble - Bindra delights India (1st Lead)
Aug 11, 2008, 11:02 GMT
Beijing - Four world records tumbled in a remarkable second day of Olympic swimming Monday as American superstar Michael Phelps' attempt to win an unprecedented eight gold medals stayed on track. ... more
Swimming records tumble as Phelps stays on course - Bindra grabs India's first ever individual gold
Aug 11, 2008, 7:00 GMT
Beijing - Four world records tumbled in a remarkable second day of Olympic swimming Monday as American superstar Michael Phelps' attempt to win an unprecedented eight gold medals stayed on track. In shooting, Abhinav Bindra won India's first ever Olympic gold medal in an individual event, while Japan's women toppled China's top-seeded 2004 champions in a massive badminton upset. Out of competition, the first doping case of the Beijing Olympics saw Spanish cyclist Maria Isabel Moreno kicked out of the Games after testing positive for the blood booster EPO. Phelps' hopes of eight golds stayed on course in the 4x100m relay thanks to a gigantic final effort from teammate Jason Lezak in the anchor leg. His last-gasp touch enabled the Americans to beat France in a world record 3 minutes 8.24 seconds, slashing an astonishing 3.99 seconds off the world record they set in Sunday's semi-finals. French anchor Alain Bernard - whose world record of earlier this year had just been broken by Australia's opener Eamon Sullivan - had a 0.41-second lead going into the final lap. He turned first and looked on course to beat the Americans but Lezak, at 32 their oldest swimmer, managed a remarkable comeback to push past Bernard. In an untypical burst of emotion, Phelps threw up his arms and cheered loudly with the rest of the team. 'Jason in the last 50 metres was incredible. At the end, as you could see, I was pretty excited, I was very emotional,' he said. In the remarkable race, Australian opening swimmer Eamon Sullivan broke the 100m world record in a time of 47.24, France swam a European record 3:08.32 minutes and Australia took bronze with 3:09.91 as the top five teams were faster than the 15-hour-old former record from a US reserve team in the heats. The two world records set in the relay brought the day's tally to four, with Zimbabwean Kirsty Coventry and Japan's Kosuke Kitajima providing the other two in the 100m breaststroke women's semis and men's final for seven records overall in the Beijing Water Cube. First gold of the day went to Australian Lisbeth Trickett, who won the women's 100m butterfly in 56.73 seconds from Christine Magnuson of the US (57.10) and Jessicah Schipper of Australia (57.25), missing the eight-year-old world record of Dutch Inge de Bruijn by a mere 12 hundredths. In the 100m breaststroke, Kitajima repeated his gold medal performance from Athens, winning in a world record time of 58.91 seconds, taking 0.22 seconds off the previous mark of 59.13 seconds set by American Brendan Hansen two years ago. Alexander Dale Oen gave Norway a first swim medal, a silver in 59.20, and Frenchman Hugues Duboscq took bronze in 59.37 seconds. Briton Rebecca Adlington stunned American favourite Katie Hoff to win gold in the women's 400m freestyle in 4:03.22. Adlington was lying fourth at the last turn, but pulled out all the stops on the last lap to edge out her American rival by just 0.07. In the women's 100m breaststroke semis, Coventry had 58.77 seconds to break the world record of 58.97 set by Natalie Coughlin at the US trials last month. On the shooting range, the individual gold medal that had always eluded India came at last when Abhinav Bindra, already world champion, won the men's 10 metre air rifle. He claimed victory with a total of 700.5 points, with defending champion Zhu Qinan of China taking silver with 699.7 and Finland's Henri Hakkinen bronze with 699.4. While India has taken Olympic team gold eight times in men's field hockey, individual success had never happened until Monday. In badminton, Miyuki Maeda and Satoko Suetsuna of Japan produced a three-set comeback win over the top-seeded 2004 champions Yang Wei and Zhang Jiewen of China. The unseeded Japanese shocked the big crowd at the Beijing University of Technology Gymnasium with an 8-21, 23-21, 21-14 quarter-final triumph in the women's doubles event. The result was a setback for the Chinese, who want to improve on their showing from the 2004 Olympics in Athens where they won three of five gold medals. It was meanwhile announced that Spanish cyclist Maria Isabel Moreno had been kicked out of the Games after she tested positive for the blood booster EPO, making her the first doping case in Beijing. Moreno, 27, failed a test conducted on July 31 in the Olympic village and according to International Olympic Committee spokeswoman Giselle Davies flew home the same night before the test results were known. She was due to compete in the road time trial. dpa sc pj ... more
Phelps stays on course - by centimetres - as records tumble (Roundup)
Aug 11, 2008, 5:12 GMT
Beijing - American superstar Michael Phelps' attempt to win an unprecedented eight gold medals at the Beijing Olympics stayed on track Monday, but just by centimetres. ... more
Phelps' on record track with world record swim (Urgent)
Aug 11, 2008, 3:48 GMT
Beijing - Michael Phelps' attempt to win an unprecedented eight gold medals at the Beijing Olympics stayed on track Monday as Jason Lezak staged a remarkable comeback to beat Frenchman Alain Bernard with the final touch to give the US victory in the men's 4x100m freestyle relay which saw two world records. ... more
Phelps stays on course - another golden day for China (2nd Roundup)
Aug 10, 2008, 16:58 GMT
Beijing - Swimmer Michael Phelps stayed on course for an unprecedented eight gold medals, winning the men's 400m individual medley in world record time on Sunday. ... more
Phelps and Rice win gold with world records swims (2nd Roundup)
Aug 10, 2008, 14:40 GMT
Beijing - Michael Phelps and Stephanie Rice won the men's and women's 400m individual medley in a world record breaking time on Sunday, while the US men's 4x100m freestyle relay added another world record in the evening session. ... more
Phelps stays on course - another golden day for China, peace gesture from Russian and Georgian medalists (Roundup)
Aug 10, 2008, 14:07 GMT
Beijing - Swimmer Michael Phelps stayed on course for an unprecedented eight gold medals, winning the men's 400m individual medley in world record time on Sunday. ... more
Rare defeat for Phelps, in heats - Coventry with Olympic record
Aug 10, 2008, 11:59 GMT
Beijing - United States superstar Michael Phelps on Sunday suffered a rare - if inconsequential - defeat in the men's 200m freestyle heats at the Beijing Olympics. ... more
Phelps' quest for eight golds starts successfully with world record
Aug 10, 2008, 11:10 GMT
Beijing - US swimmer Michael Phelps stayed on course for an unprecedented eight gold medals, winning the men's 400m individual medley in world record time on Sunday. ... more
Phelps' quest for eight golds starts successfully with world record
Aug 10, 2008, 7:25 GMT
Beijing - US swimmer Michael Phelps stayed on course for an unprecedented eight gold medals, winning the men's 400m individual medley in world record time on Sunday. ... more
Two world records as Phelps stays on course (2nd Lead)
Aug 10, 2008, 3:38 GMT
Beijing - Two swimming world records were broken Sunday in the first part of the morning session at the Beijing Water Cube as American superstar Michael Phelps stayed on course for an unprecedented eight gold medals. ... more
SIDEBAR: Flag waving, cheering Bush cheers on US swim team
Aug 10, 2008, 3:09 GMT
Beijing - A smiling, flag-waving and cheering United States President George W Bush was on hand to cheer on Michael Phelps and the rest of the US team at the first finals of the Olympic swimming competition on Sunday. ... more
Phelps gets first gold and record, Park makes history (1st Lead)
Aug 10, 2008, 2:38 GMT
Beijing - Michael Phelps of the United States smashed his 400 metres medley world record on Sunday to win the first of a possible eight Beijing Olympics swimming gold medals. ... more
Phelps gets first gold with 400m medley world record (Urgent)
Aug 10, 2008, 2:20 GMT
Beijing - Michael Phelps of the United States smashed his 400 metres medley world record on Saturday to win the first of a possible eight Beijing Olympics swimming gold medals. ... more
Swimming men's 400m individual medley (Urgent)
Aug 10, 2008, 2:11 GMT
Beijing Result of men's swimming 400m individual medley: <#> Gold: Michael Phelps (USA) Silver: Laszlo Cseh (Hungary) Bronze: Ryan Lochte (USA) <#> dpa adh ms ... more
Michael Phelps starts Olympic quest as favourites show the way
Aug 9, 2008, 13:46 GMT
Beijing - Michael Phelps on Saturday started the quest for a historic eight gold medals when he led a group of favourites into Sunday's Olympic swim finals finals. ... more
Well prepared US swim team looking forward to start (Roundup)
Aug 6, 2008, 10:25 GMT
Beijing - A 'well prepared' US team was looking forward to the start of the Olympic swimming competition, team members led by Michael Phelps said on Wednesday. ... more
PREVIEW: Beijing Olympics against backdrop of politics and pollution
Aug 3, 2008, 10:03 GMT
US and Australia to swim for pool supremacy
Jul 28, 2008, 19:58 GMT
Hamburg - Just as in Athens four years ago, Australia and the Michael Phelps-led United States will once again battle it out for supremacy in the pool when the two countries' swimming teams meet at the Olympic Games in Beijing. ... more
Closing ceremony rounds up Phelps festival
Apr 1, 2007, 17:05 GMT
Phelps becomes first swimmer to win seven golds at a championships
Apr 1, 2007, 10:30 GMT
Australia and US dominate as more world records tumble
Mar 30, 2007, 15:04 GMT
Records continue to fall at swimming worlds
Mar 30, 2007, 13:52 GMT
Michael Phelps continued his remarkable run at the 2007 World Championships on Friday, helping the American team set a record in capturing the gold medal in the 4 x 200 meter freestyle relay.
... moreAmericans dominate with three titles and three records (Roundup)
Mar 29, 2007, 12:26 GMT
Michael Phelps is closing in rapidly on Mark Spitz
Mar 29, 2007, 12:26 GMT
Phelps in a class of his own with another gold and record
Mar 29, 2007, 11:19 GMT
Melbourne - Michael Phelps On Thursday continued at the swimming world championships where he left off the night before, as he smashed yet another world record en route to his fourth world championships title. ... more
Phelps stays on course in swimming worlds
Mar 28, 2007, 7:03 GMT
Melbourne - American swimming star Michael Phelps stayed on course Wednesday for a historic eight gold-medal haul at the world swimming championships in Melbourne. ... more
US dominate on night of world records (Roundup)
Mar 27, 2007, 16:15 GMT
Phelps and Mamaudou stay on track, Warnecke disappoints
Mar 27, 2007, 7:05 GMT
Phelps stays on course to make history
Mar 26, 2007, 5:06 GMT
Melbourne - American swimming star Michael Phelps stayed on course Monday for a historic eight gold medals at the world championships in Melbourne. ... more
Michael Phelps breaks 200m butterfly record
Feb 18, 2007, 11:21 GMT
American Michael Phelps broke his own world record in the 200-meter butterfly Saturday night at the Missouri Grand Prix.
... morePhelps to begin battle against Hackett in 400m freestyle
Jul 23, 2005, 18:12 GMT
Montreal - Michael Phelps takes to the pool on the opening day of the swimming competition at the FINA World Championships Sunday in the 400-metre freestyle as the American switches more of his attention to the discipline as part of his long-term preparations for the 2008 Beijing Olympics. ... more
