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Hissyspit Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Aug-17-08 04:47 AM
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Phelps Wins 8th Gold Medal, Breaks Tie with Spitz
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Edited on Sun Aug-17-08 04:51 AM by Hissyspit
Source: Associated Press

Phelps wins 8th gold medal, breaks tie with Spitz
Sat Aug 16, 11:19 PM ET
BEIJING - Michael Phelps won his record eighth gold medal Sunday at the Beijing Olympics as a member of the victorious U.S. 400-meter medley relay team, breaking a tie with Mark Spitz for most golds in a single games.

Aaron Peirsol, Brendan Hansen, Phelps and Jason Lezak won in a world-record of 3 minutes, 29.34 seconds, lowering the old mark of 3:30.68 set four years ago in Athens.

The U.S. swept the men's relays in Beijing, with Phelps leading off in the 400 and 800 free relays. Lezak anchored the 400 free to a narrow victory over France to preserve Phelps' historic bid.

Australia took the silver in 3:30.04.

Japan earned the bronze in 3:31.18

Read more: http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080817/ap_on_sp_ol/oly_swm_men_s400_medley_relay



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