Phelps still on track for record gold medal haul in Beijing Olympics
August 13, 2008
Today in the Beijing Olympic swim meet Michael Phelps was lining up for gold medal four and five in his chase for eight at a single Olympics. He was also swimming for the most gold medals by an individual across multiple Olympics.
By the time lunchtime had passed in Beijing Phelps had become the most decorated Olympian of all time with eleven gold medals and two bronze.
First up for Phelps was the 200m butterfly where Phelps was once again not troubled on the way to gold medal four and his fourth world record. His time of 1:52.03 improved on his world record recorded at last years world championships which was 1:52.09. Second to touch the wall was Hungary’s Laszlo Cseh who was 0.67 behind the great one. Japan’s Takeshi Matsuda claimed the bronze in 1:52.97.
In the last race of the medal session the USA did as expected, they won the 4 x 200m freestyle relay. They did not just win it, they smashed the world record by over four seconds and went under 7 minutes for the first time. They stopped the clock at 6:58.56 compared with the old record of 7:03.24.
Phelps swum the lead off leg for the USA recording the race’s fastest split time with 1:43.31. He was then followed by the 4 x 100m hero Ryan Lochte, Ricky Berens and Peter Vanderkaay. The USA team were 5.14 seconds ahead of Russia in second while Australia grabbed the bronze.
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