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Phelps, Park, Biedermann Among Swim Surprises
ABC News
Michael Phelps barely qualified in the 400-meter individual medley, Olympic
champion Park Tae-hwan was disqualified and world record-holder Paul
Biedermann failed to make the final in a surprising first day of swimming
at the London Games on Saturday.
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Olympics: Phelps barely qualifies for 400-m. individual medley
CBS News
(AP) LONDON - Michael Phelps barely qualified in the 400-meter individual
medley on the opening day of Olympic swimming Saturday, squeaking into the
final by seven-hundredths of a second. "That one didn't feel too good," he
said. Phelps wasn't the only ...
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SI's Daily Olympic Briefing: July 28
SI.com
The women's 4x100 freestyle relay (final at 3:40 p.m.) is the sole race in
London for U.S. great Natalie Coughlin, who will swim in the prelims
earlier in the day (7:11 a.m.); the 29-year-old has 11 Olympic medals --
one shy of tying fellow swimmers Jenny ...
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Phelps barely makes 400 IM final
FOXSports.com
Phelps' time in the grueling event that he had vowed not to swim again
after Beijing took some of the luster off what was expected to be a
showdown between him and Lochte for gold. ''You can't count him out,''
Lochte said of Phelps. ''Even though he just ...
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Olympics-Swimming-Phelps survives, Park DQ'd in heats
Reuters
LONDON, July 28 (Reuters) - Michael Phelps was just inches away from making
a shock early exit on a sensational opening day to the swimming competition
at the London Olympics on Saturday that saw South Korea's defending
champion Park Tae-hwan ...
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Phelps just one of the stars of Olympic swimming
Yahoo! Sports
Michael Phelps will put the final gloss on a glittering Olympic career at
the London Games, but he's not the only star set to shine when competition
begins on Saturday at the Aquatics Centre. Phelps's unprecedented eight
gold medals at the Beijing Games led ...
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2012 Olympic Swimming, Gymnastics: Day 1 Morning Update from London Games
Bleacher Report
The swimming superstar is slated to swim against rival Ryan Lochte later
today in the finals of the men's 400-meter individual medley. But getting
there sure wasn't easy. Phelps finished in the eighth and final qualifying
spot during morning prelims, just .07 ...
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Phelps Faces Tough Task in Outside Lane
Wall Street Journal (blog)
Top qualifiers swim in Lanes 4 and 5 in the final, where they can spy
competitors on either side of them, more easily gauging their progress.
Lochte qualified third and will swim in Lane 3. Kosuke Hagino of Japan
qualified first with a time of 4:10.01, followed ...
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Swimming's Most Versatile Man
Wall Street Journal
But in the full sweep of swimming history, there is another, more obscure
challenge Lochte has undertaken that may define his legacy more sharply:
He'll try to win individual medals in three kinds of races. There are five
aquatic styles at the Olympics: ...
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