After Stunning Loss, Phelps Rebounds with World Record

Charleston Daily Mail › July 30, 2009

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ROME - Michael Phelps had another swimsuit issue, but it didn't slow him down this time.

Phelps bounced back from a stunning loss with something more familiar - a world record in the 200-meter butterfly Wednesday. For good measure, he surpassed another of Mark Spitz's accomplishments with the 34th world record of his career, one more than Spitz had during his brilliant run in the pool.

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After Stunning Loss, Phelps Rebounds with World Record

One night after he was soundly beaten by Germany's Paul Biedermann, Phelps sliced the time in what he calls his "bread and butter" to 1 minute, 51.51 seconds, mor...

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