2nd Ld: Day 8 Roundup: Phelps equals Spitz's seven gold record

Xinhua News Agency | August 16, 2008 | Copyright

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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