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2nd Ld: Day 8 Roundup: Phelps equals Spitz's seven gold record
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2nd Ld: Day 8 Roundup: Phelps equals Spitz's seven gold record
BEIJING, Aug. 16 (Xinhua) -- U.S. phenom Michael Phelps tied Mark
Spitz's record of seven gold medals in a single Olympics, taking the
men's 100-meter butterfly by one hundredth of a second for his
seventh swim title Saturday in Beijing.
Halfway through the Aug. 8-24 Games, China maintained a runaway
lead on the gold medals table with 27 after 17 of Saturday's 29
medal events, but the Americans had 50 overall medals, ahead of
China's 45.
Phelps was trailing in seventh place halfway through and overtook
Serbia's Milorad Cavic ...
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