Phelps sets career mark with 11 gold medals ...BEIJING - Michael Phelps won the men's 200-meter butterfly and not even an hour later helped lift the U.S. 4x200m freestyle relay team to victory, becoming the winningest athlete in Olympic history, now with 11 gold medals - and counting.
The U.S. men didn't just set the world record, they destroyed it. Their 6:58.56 was 4.68 seconds faster than the previous record, also set by the U.S. men at the 2007 World Championships.
Phelps swam a 1:43 31 leading off the relay, just short of his personal best, and the world record, set the day before in winning the 200m freestyle. Ryan Lochte, Ricky Berens and Peter Vanderkaay did the rest, as the silver medalists from Russia finished more than five seconds behind.
Phelps is now five-for-five in Beijing, with a world record in every final. I always get excited when I watch the olympics. It's so inspiring... So I don't get to bed before 1am, I'm tired the next day but how often do we see the olympics? Go USA Team!
The U.S. men didn't just set the world record, they destroyed it. Their 6:58.56 was 4.68 seconds faster than the previous record, also set by the U.S. men at the 2007 World Championships.
Phelps swam a 1:43 31 leading off the relay, just short of his personal best, and the world record, set the day before in winning the 200m freestyle. Ryan Lochte, Ricky Berens and Peter Vanderkaay did the rest, as the silver medalists from Russia finished more than five seconds behind.
Phelps is now five-for-five in Beijing, with a world record in every final. I always get excited when I watch the olympics. It's so inspiring... So I don't get to bed before 1am, I'm tired the next day but how often do we see the olympics? Go USA Team!
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