March 23, 2010 Picky. Picky! PICKY!!!

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200 METER INDIVIDUAL MEDLEY
Top 2120 Performances
1:54.10** Ryan Lochte, USA/Florida World Championships, Rome
07-30-09
(Splits: 24.72, 53.20 [28.48], 1:26.28 [33.08],1:54.10 [27.82].
(Reaction Timr: +0.71.
(Note: 2007 World Champion/world record-setter, 200 meter backstroke. Btoke record and won gold @ Beijing
Olympics following year.
(Note: first Gator gold-medalist/wr-setter. Lochte was runner-up in '07 [1:56.18].
(Note: U.S. Open/American record-holder, 200 yard back/Ind. Medley. 2005-‘06 NCAA Swimmer of Year)
(Note: world record-holder, 2008 World Champion [scm], 100-200 IMs, Manchester.
(Note: first time since June 29, 2003 that American Michael Phelps has NOT held the world-record. Phelps initially set it @ Santa Clara Invitational [1:57.94] and has held it since, including golds @ 2003, '05 & ‘07
World Championships & ‘04/'08 Olympics. Lochte first American other than Phelps to set wr since Dave
Wharton, former USC NCAA champ, did it @ 1989 Pan-Pac Championships with his 2:00.11.
(Note: Southestern Conference/Gator record!
(Note: Lochte turned 25 four days later [08/03])
..However, he had little time to celebrate, returniing to the pool @ 5 a.m.the following morning, saying: "Play time's over. Now I'm ready to start focusing on the Olympics. I plan on winning 11 golds @ London, the 50-100-200 frees, both backstrokes, both flys, 200 IM and anchor ALL three relays. That'll give me tres mas than YOU KNOW WHO @ you know where!"
"You know who" reportedly replied: "Quit while you're ahead, kid. Get out while the getting's still good!"
1:54.23# Michael Phelps, USA Olympics Beijing 08-15-08
(Splits: 24.59, 53.40 [28.81], 1:26.90 [33.50], 1:54.23 [27.33])
(Note: first man to set back-to-back world records @ consecutrive Olympics. Second man to defend title. Hungary's Tamas Darnyi [Seoul, 1988; Barcelona, 1992] only other swimmer to win a pair of golds. Darnyi won @ Seoul in 2:00.17, breaking his wr of 2:00.56 from previous year's European Championships. Three years later [1991 World Champinships @ Perth] he became first man under 2:00.0 when he won in 1:59.36.
(Note: Phelps' margin of victory – 2.29 seconds – greatet in Olympic history.
(Note: Phelps first man under 1:58.0, [1:57.94, Santa Clara, ‘03]; first under 1:57.0 [1:56.04, '03 World
Championships, Barcelona]; first under 1:56.0 [1:55.94, U.S. Nationals, ‘03]; first umder 1:55.0 [1:54.89, World
Champkionshipos, Melbourne, 2007]. His eight wrs in event are most-ever and double the four of Canadian
Alex Baumann), whose four are No. 2 all-time.
(Note: Phelps' reign as world record-holder lasted six years and one month [06/29/03 to 07/29/09], longest
all-time.)

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