July 11, 2009
Michael Phelps finally gets 100-meter butterfly record to his name
Phelps is back with a large bang, some doubted after him being in news for all different reasons but he broke the world record in the men’s 100 meters butterfly event at the US Swimming Championships. Phelps has been a bit furious when it comes to the 100 meters butterfly as fellow countrymen Ian Crocker had beaten him by over a second in the same event where Ian created the world record in 2005.
Phelps has been an inspiration having won 14 career Olympic gold medals and also holds world record in five individual disciplines including the men’s 100 meters butterfly, the men’s 200 meters butterfly, the men’s 200 meters freestyle, the men’s 200 meters individual medley and the men’s 400 meters individual medley. He was also instrumental taking his teams to three world records in the relay events. No other swimmer in the world holds more then two records.
It seemed like Phelps had been looking for this record for a while, he touched the wall and turned towards the scoreboard anxiously whipping the water of his swimming goggles. He pulled of his twin swimming caps and defiantly stared at his time. He took almost 15 second before he smiled as he knew that he had finally grabbed the much awaited record.
The night was also amazing for another swimmer. Dara Torres at an age of 42 made it to the world championships team by winning the 50 meters freestyle even with a time of 24.43 seconds. Its good to see a swimmer qualify for world championships at the age of 42 but she also knows that the qualifying time is not good enough to win a medal at the world championships.
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