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INDIANAPOLIS (AP) - Michael Phelps has broken the world record in the 100-meter butterfly at the U.S. national championships. The 14-time Olympic gold medalist swam the two-lap final in 50.22 seconds at the Indiana University Natatorium on Thursday night.
INDIANAPOLIS | Four months after deciding to keep swimming, Michael Phelps grabbed a world record that had eluded him for years. He won the 100-meter butterfly at the U.S. national championships Thursday night in 50.22 seconds, lowering Ian Crocker's mark of 50.40 set at the 2005 world championships in Montreal. Phelps' feat came two months after returning from a suspension that was part of the ...
INDIANAPOLIS — Four months after deciding to keep swimming, Michael Phelps took ownership of a world record that had eluded him for years.
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INDIANAPOLIS - Four months after deciding to keep swimming, Michael Phelps took ownership of a world record that had eluded him for years. He won the 100-meter butterfly at the U.S. national championships Thursday night in 50.22 seconds, lowering Ian Crocker's mark of 50.40 set at the 2005 world championships in Montreal.
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After 4-year chase, Baltimorean swims 50.22 at nationals Michael Phelps has always been a little obsessed with numbers, to the point where they sometimes pop up in his dreams. But during the past four years, no number has rattled around inside his head more than 50.40. It represented the world record in the 100-meter butterfly.
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