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Article: Swimming: Phelps, Torres are a pair for the ages

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July 5, 2008
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Both produce historic efforts at U.S. trials

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) - Michael Phelps set another world record. No surprise there.

Dara Torres is going back to the Olympics. Who would've believed it?

Fresh off another endorsement from Mark Spitz, the iconic star he'll try to better in Beijing, Phelps set another world record to win the 200-meter individual medley at the U.S. Olympic swimming trials last night.

Phelps claimed his fourth individual victory of the trials in 1 minute, 54.80 seconds, beating the mark of 1:54.98 he set while winning seven events at last year's world championships in Australia.

It was the second world record of the meet for Phelps, who also swam faster than anyone in ...

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