Flash! Stories of 2007 – March-April

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: Keeping the String Going, Natalie Coughlin Breaks World Record in 100 Backstroke

World Championships: Courtesy of Aaron Peirsol in 100 Back, World-Record Assault Continues

World Championships: Semifinals of 200 Free Produce World Record for Federica Pellegrini; Katie Hoff Grabs American Record

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

United States Takes Down World Record in 800 Free Relay; Natalie Coughlin Sets American Record in 200 Freestyle

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.

Libby Lenton Smashes 100 Freestyle World Record at Duel in the Pool; U.S. Claims 181.5-129.5 Win Over Australia

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