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Phelps breaks world record to take first gold
Xinhua
Updated: 2008-08-10 10:15
BEIJING -- Michael Phelps of the United States swam to a world record timing, the fisrt at the Beijing Olympics, to win the men's 400m individual medley gold medal here Sunday morning.
Phelps timed in 4:03.84 to break his own world record of 4:05.25 for the first swimming gold medal at the Games. Laszlo Cseh of Hungary got the silver in 4:06.16 and Ryan Lochte of the United States finished third in 4:08.09.
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Michael Phelps of the US competes in the heats of the men's 400m individual medley swimming competition at the National Aquatics Center during the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games August 9, 2008. Phelps won the gold in the final. [Agencies]
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