Sunday, June 21, 2009

Michael Phelps Wins In Montreal

Michael Phelps at Montreal City Hall, June 19, 2009

From CTV:

14-time Olympic gold medallist Michael Phelps is competing in Montreal this weekend at the Canada Cup.

Saturday morning he posted a time of under 52 seconds in a qualifying heat for the 100 metre Butterfly.

He did much better in the actual race, with a career best time of 50.48 seconds, improving his previous best of 50.58, and just missing the world record by 8/100ths of a second.

The next race for Phelps is Sunday, where he will compete in the 100 metre freestyle.

Read more ....

Update: U.S. star Phelps swims career-best in butterfly at Canada Cup -- Canadian Press

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