Swm: Phelps breaks 200 medley record in winning sixth gold

AAP General News (Australia)
08-15-2008
Swm: Phelps breaks 200 medley record in winning sixth gold

BEIJING, Aug 15 AFP - American superstar Michael Phelps set a new world record in winning
the Olympic gold medal in the men's 200 metres individual medley with a time of one minute
54.23 seconds today.

Phelps, who won his sixth gold medal in his pursuit of an unprecedented eight gold
in the Beijing pool, broke his previous world record of 1:54.80 set at the US Olympics
trials in Omaha on July 4 this year.

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