WR - 200 Breast: Soni Takes Down Jones In 2:20.22
2008-08-15
Craig Lord
Rebecca Soni (USA) ended Leisel Jones's dream of the breaststroke double when she took down the world record in 2:20.22, a best time by 2.4sec
WR - 200 Back: Lochte Takes Peirsol In 1:53.94
2008-08-15
Craig Lord
Defending champion on 1:54.33 to keep Arkady Vyatchanin (RUS) at bay, on 1:54.93, a European record; Peirsol - "no regrets"
WR - 1:54.23 200m Medley: 6th Gold For Phelps
2008-08-15
Craig Lord
Superfish stays on target: six golds, six world records; the beauty of 0.57sec
Steffen Ends German Misery: 53.12 Victory 100 Free
2008-08-15
Craig Lord
Libby Trickett, world record holder, takes silver 0.03sec away; Coughlin takes bronze in 53.39 and approaches record US medal tally
Day 7-Finals: WRs for Soni, Lochte, and Phelps
2008-08-15
Nikki Dryden
Beijing-Phelps gets to 6, winning over Lochte in the 200IM. Lochte still goes home with individual gold after winning the 200 back.
Phelps Mastery Prompts The "D" Question
2008-08-15
Craig Lord
It took until the sixth morning of finals but it was only a matter of time: so, Michael - are you too good to be true? Answer: I am clean
Swimming Medal Totals after Day 6
2008-08-15
Admin
Eleven countries have won gold, USA on record pace for most medals ever with 26
Hackett Eyes The Triple Crown
2008-08-15
Craig Lord
Beijing - 1,500m heats: Hoogie has gone but the Aussie Ironman is alive, kicking and heading into lane four of the 30-lap final with an Olympic record of 14:38.92, erasing Canadian Ryan Cochran's 14:40.84 from heat 3
Day 7-Heats: Cochrane Breaks OR; Hackett Breaks it Back
2008-08-15
Nikki Dryden
Beijing- Canada's Ryan Cochrane is the 2nd fastest swimmer of all time in the 1500 free. Can he take down Hackett?
Analysis: Women's 200m Breaststroke
2008-08-15
Craig Lord
The final ranged from 2:20.22 to 2:25.23, the latter time faster than the silver medal was won in at Melbourne 2007; Soni takes two strokes forward to Jones's 1.5 backwards
Analysis: Men's 200m Backstroke
2008-08-15
Craig Lord
No room for sentimentality: Ryan Lochte ensured that USA teammate Aaron Peirsol did not match East German Roland Matthes's double double of backstroke victories
Analysis: Men's 200m medley
2008-08-15
Craig Lord
Gold Number 6. There was blue sky on the day Phelps kept rivals at bay by 2.29sec, the biggest winning margin ever seen in the 200m medley
Analysis: Women's 100m freestyle
2008-08-15
Craig Lord
The see-saw between Libby Trickett, nee Lenton (AUS) and Britta Steffen (GER) had been a geographic long-distance thriller dominated by the Australian - until Beijing
Double Double For Kitajima: All-time Breaststroke King
2008-08-14
Craig Lord
Japanese world record holder sets Olympic record of 2:07.64; Rickard silver on lucky 2:08.88; bronze to Duboscq ion 2:08.94; Brown locked out by 0.09sec
Trickett Saved By Pang DQ
2008-08-14
Craig Lord
A false-start by Pang Jiaying (CHN)l, the 200m bronze medallist yesterday, saved Libby Trickett (AUS), world record holder but on 54.10 this morning, from elimination in the 100m free
WR: 2:04.18 - 200 ' Fly - Liu Zige's Gold For China
2008-08-14
Craig Lord
And therein lies a tale. A stunning world record that takes a vast chunk off the best time of two Chinese swimmers taking gold and silver in Olympic waters and the world of swimming is powerless to ask where it came from as it once would have done
Bernard Blasts To Gold; Sullivan Silver; Shared Bronze
2008-08-14
Craig Lord
The French sprinter claims 100m free crown in 47.21, world record holder misses his target by 0.11sec and Lezak and Cielo share bronze; Hoogie worthy fifth
WR: AUS - 7:44.32 4x200m
2008-08-14
Craig Lord
Four teams race inside the world record in the 4x200m freestyle; Australia followed home by China and the USA, with Italy fourth and under 7:50; third gold for Rice
Finals Day 6-WR for Aussie Women and Liu, Bernard Wins
2008-08-14
Nikki Dryden
Beijing-While the rivalry between Kitajima and Hansen fades into oblivion, the men's 100 free saga with Bernard the Olympic victor and Sullivan the World Record holder heats up.
Swimming Medal Totals after Day 5
2008-08-14
Nick Thierry
Nine different countries with gold, 15 countries have medaled

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