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Article: Swimming; Swimmers on a golden roll; Phelps, Beard lead the charge.(Sports)
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- August 20, 2004
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Byline: STEPHEN HARRIS
ATHENS -- Michael Phelps looked very much like Clark Kent making a quick change into his Superman persona last night as he raced from one race to the next at the Olympic pool. And he certainly swam like The Man of Steel himself.
The remarkable 19-year-old Phelps continued one of the greatest performances in Games history, as he set the Olympic record (1:57.14) in easily winning the 200-meter individual medley -- his fourth gold medal here, to go with a pair of bronzes.
The entire USA swim team continued to pile up medals, also getting gold medal performances last night from Amanda Beard in the 200-meter breaststroke and ...