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PHOENIX, Arizona, December 27. MELBOURNE was where the action was at in March and April as the FINA World Championships hosted in the city in Australia provided one of the most spectacular meets of all time. Spanning from March to April, 15 Flash!-tagged stories were posted from Worlds. Meanwhile, Libby Lenton's then-world record at the Duel in the Pool, which was later not ratified, also earned a Flash! tag in April.
MARCH
Michael Phelps and the rest of the top flight talent at Worlds took a torch to the record books in the grandest of ways in Melbourne.
World Championships: The Thorpedo is Shot Down; Michael Phelps Sets World Record in 200 Freestyle
World Championships: Courtesy of Aaron Peirsol in 100 Back, World-Record Assault Continues
World Championships: Leila Vaziri Bolts to World Record in Semifinals of 50 Backstroke
World Championships: Another World Record for Phelps; Takes 200 Fly Down to 1:52.09
Laure Manaudou Shatters World Record in 200 Free; Katie Hoff Lowers American Standard
Third World Record for Michael Phelps After Dominating Effort in 200 I.M.
Gold and Another World Record (Tied) for Leila Vaziri in 50 Back
World Record Lifts Ryan Lochte to Gold in 200 Backstroke
Victory in 800 Freestyle Relay and Another World Record for the United States
Gold in the Finest Fashion for Australia in 400 Medley Relay
APRIL
An astonishing set of performances at the World Championships came to an end, while Libby Lenton also posted the fastest time ever swum by a female in the 100 meter freestyle. However, the 52.99 was later not ratified by FINA due to the mixed 400 freestyle relay at the Duel in the Pool not being recognized as an official event.
World Record for Katie Hoff in 400 Individual Medley
Super Seven as Michael Phelps Sets World Record in 400 I.M.