Home / 2008 Beijing Olympic Games / Swimming /  News Tools: Save | Print | E-mail | Most Read | Comment
Roundup: Phelps equals Spitz's seven gold record
Adjust font size:  ZoomIn ZoomOut

U.S. phenom Michael Phelps tied Mark Spitz's record of seven gold medals in a single Olympics, taking the men's 100-meter butterfly by one hundredth of a second for his seventh swim title Saturday in Beijing.

Halfway through the Aug. 8-24 Games, China maintained a runaway lead on the gold medals table with 26 after five of Saturday's 29 medal events, but the Americans had 48 overall medals, ahead of China's 41.

Phelps was trailing in seventh place halfway through and overtook Serbia's Milorad Cavic with his last stroke to win by 0.01 second in 50.58 seconds -- an Olympic record. Australia's Andrew Lautersetein got the bronze in 51.12.

"Beforehand, Bob (his coach) said it would be good for me if I lost. When he said that I was fired up. I said, 'I'm going to go for it'," Phelps told reporters.

"When I saw the replay, when I did take that extra half stroke I thought that had lost the race.

"But I guess when I took that half stroke that was what I needed. I'm at a loss for words," he added.

The 23-year-old Phelps could break Spitz's record set at the 1972 Olympics if the U.S. wins tomorrow's 400-medley relay, an event the U.S. has won at every Olympics in which it competed since the relay was added in 1960.

Zimbabwe's Kirsty Coventry, who has already won three silvers in her first tries at the Games, finally improved on that for a gold in the women's 200m backstroke. Coventry touched home in 2:05.24, beating the previous mark of 2:06.09 set by Margaret Hoelzer.

Rebecca Adlington, who had won Britain's first Olympic title in women's swimming since 1960 in the 400m freestyle on Monday, smashed a 19-year-old world record to strike gold in the 800m freestyle. Adlington clocked 8:14.10, chopping 2.12 seconds off the previous best which stood since 1989, the year she was born.

Cesar Cielo Filho captured Brazil's first ever Olympic swimming gold by taking the blue-ribbon event - men's 50m freestyle in 21.30, an Olympic record time.

Cielo couldn't help crying after the race and shed tears again when the Brazilian national anthem was played during the awarding ceremony.

"I'm extremely happy. I was a little nervous before the race but I think that was my best race ever," said the 21-year-old.

Russia's Valeriy Borchin, who served a one-year ban over doping offense between 2005 to 2006, claimed the men's 20km walk title in 1 hour 19 minutes 01 second.

(Xinhua News Agency August 16, 2008)

Tools: Save | Print | E-mail | Most Read
Comment
Pet Name
Anonymous
China Archives
Related >>
Most Viewed >>
- Medal Tally
- American Liukin wins women's all-around gymnastics
- Schedule
- Tattoos of Olympic athletes
- Nastia Liukin wins women's gymnastics all-around gold

Product Directory
China Search
Country Search
Hot Buys
主站蜘蛛池模板: 国产东北老头老太露脸| 精品国产乱码久久久久久1区2区| 欧美va在线播放免费观看| 国产激情视频一区二区三区| 五月婷婷在线播放| 欧美激情一区二区三区四区| 伊人久久青草青青综合| 0urp|ay加速器| 日本人视频jizz69页码| 出包王女第四季op| 2021久久精品国产99国产精品| 欧美日韩一区二区综合| 国产成人精品综合久久久| 中文字幕精品在线| 男女一边摸一边爽爽视频| 国产精品推荐天天看天天爽| a4yy私人影院| 好紧好爽太大了h视频| 久久国产一区二区三区| 特级毛片爽www免费版| 别揉我奶头~嗯~啊~视频在线观看| 韩国一级淫片漂亮老师| 婷婷六月久久综合丁香76| 中文字幕在线不卡| 欧美亚洲国产精品久久第一页| 亚洲沟沟美女亚洲沟沟| 野外亲子乱子伦视频丶久草资源| 夜夜爽免费888视频| 一区二区视频免费观看| 无码中文av有码中文a| 亚洲欧美精品伊人久久| 爱情岛亚洲论坛福利站| 伊人久久久久久久久久| 男女之间差差差| 免费国产综合视频在线看| 欧美性另类高清极品| 女人张开腿等男人桶免费视频| 亚洲人成在线影院| 欧美大bbbxxx视频| 免费人成网站在线播放| 窝窝午夜看片成人精品|