World Champs, Day 5 Evening Session: Phelps Repeats Triumph in Blistering 200 I.M.
By John Lohn Photos by Peter H. Bick MONTREAL, Canada, July 28. THE fastest 200-meter individual medley race ever contested – at least at the top – went to the
By John Lohn Photos by Peter H. Bick MONTREAL, Canada, July 28. THE fastest 200-meter individual medley race ever contested – at least at the top – went to the
By John Lohn MONTREAL, Canada, July 28. LIKE the men’s 200 breaststroke, the women’s version of the event appears to be locked up. Australia’s Leisel Jones, already the champion in
By John Lohn MONTREAL, Canada, July 28. THERE’S a chance at a repeat from Athens. The qualifying order of the top three places in the men’s 200-meter backstroke was identical
By John Lohn Photos by Peter H. Bick MONTREAL, Canada, July 28. TO this point, it has to be considered the finest race of the World Championships. Both swimmers going
By John Lohn Photos by Peter H. Bick MONTREAL, Canada, July 28. IT was supposed to be Roland Schoeman’s show, and for the first half of the race, that certainly
By John Lohn Photos by Peter H. Bick MONTREAL, Canada, July 28. THOSE one-lap sprints are darn tough to figure. Through two rounds of qualifying, China’s Gao Chang was superior
By John Lohn MONTREAL, Canada, July 28. COULD we see a world record in the final of the 200-meter breaststroke on Friday night? Absolutely, but Brendan Hansen is going to
By John Lohn MONTREAL, Canada, July 28. THE final of the women’s 100 freestyle is shaping up to be a good one. That much was determined during Thursday night’s semifinals
By Emily Mason MONTREAL, Canada, July 28. I’M done. It went by that fast. I really wanted to make finals (of the 200 butterfly), to be that swimmer I know
By John Lohn and Phil Whitten MONTREAL, Canada, JULY 28. RELAY action returns to the World Championships tonight with the championship heat of the women’s 800 freestyle relay. Additionally, titles