Phelps Wins Olympic Men's 200m Butterfly Gold in World Record Time

Michael Phelps won record 10th Olympic gold medal when he stormed to victory in the men's 200m butterfly final at Beijing Olympic Games on Wednesday.

The 23-year-old American clocked 1:52.03 to better his own world record of 1:52.09 set in May, 2007.

Hungary's Laszlo Cesh took silver in 1:52.70, and the bronze went to Japanese Takeshi Matsuda in 1:52.97.

(Xinhua News Agency August 13, 2008)

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