Article: Swim: Phelps, Torres and Peirsol light up US Olympic trials


AAP Sports News (Australia)
07-05-2008
Swim: Phelps, Torres and Peirsol light up US Olympic trials

By Steve Keating

OMAHA, Nebraska, July 4 Reuters - Michael Phelps roared to another world record, Aaron
Peirsol equalled one and Dara Torres had a swim for the ages as the US Olympic trials
produced plenty of Independence Day fireworks today.

Phelps, who has targeted Mark Spitz's record of seven gold medals in a single Games
in Beijing, added the 200 individual medley to his Olympic program in spectacular style,
storming home in a world record one minute, 54.80 seconds.

Chased to the wall by good friend and rival Ryan Lochte, Phelps shaved 0.18 seconds
of his old mark of 1:54.98 set at ...

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