Michael Phelps continued his race to the eight gold after winning yesterday with the U.S. 4x100 meters relay test the free Games in Beijing with a new world record of 3:08:24.
Phelps was the hero of his team in the last relay to win by little to Frenchman Alain Bernard and give victory to the United States, even though Europeans arrived with a very comfortable contrast to the last relay.
Phelps and harvested its second medal at the Games after winning the gold in the 400 meters styles even beating his own world record in the specialty he left in 4:03:84.
Earlier, Phelps classified as expected, no fuss, to the final of the 200 meter free that will be played tomorrow.
Two other swimmers also imposed new records in the day yesterday.
With 58:77, the Zimbabwean Kirsty Conventry beat the world mark of 100 meters back and demolished the acquired by the American Natalie Coughlin 1. St last July in Omaha (58.97).
The new holder of the record had come to these Games as the second fastest swimmer behind Coughlin, who had set up to five consecutive records of 100 metres back.
Coventry, who trains in the United States and has become the second swimmer in history to pass below the mark of 58 seconds, had been just 3 hundredths of record in the qualifying rounds in Beijing.
The Zimbabwean opt into the final morning of the 100 m back to its second medal at these Games, which already won a silver medal in the 400 meters styles with a time of 4:29.89.
Anyone who already was assured the presea golden and the record was the Japanese Kosuke Kitajima, who won the 100 meter breast with a chrono of 58:91. The Japanese retained his Olympic title, escorted by Norwegian Alexander Dale ESO (59:20) and Frenchman Hugues Duboscq (59:37).
Kitajima, who became the first swimmer in history to lose the 59 seconds, which was plusmarca improved since two years ago the American Brendan Hansen (59:13), world champion in 2007, fourth yesterday (59:97) .
