London: Michael Phelps won the 200-meter individual medley on Thursday for his first individual gold of the London Games, becoming the first man to win the same indvidual event in three straight Olympics.
Phelps, who won the 4x200 relay earlier, clocked 1 minute, 54.27 seconds in the 200 IM for his record 20th career Olympic medal and 16th gold. He had failed to complete a threepeat in two previous events, the 200 fly and the 400 IM.
American Teammate Ryan Lochte touched in 1:54.90 to take the silver medal and Laszlo Cseh of Hungary was third in 1:56.22.
Michael Phelps won the 200-meter individual medley on Thursday for his first individual gold of the London Games.
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Michael Fred Phelps (born June 30, 1985) is an American professional swimmer. He has won 14 career Olympic gold medals, the most by any Olympian. As of 2008, Phelps holds seven world records in swimming. Phelps holds the record for the most g ...
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