Sizzling Americans strike gold at Pan Pacs
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August 22, 2010, Sunday
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WORLD champion Michael Phelps recovered from a slow start to win the 100 meters butterfly in a meet record of 50.86 seconds at the Pan Pacific Championships on Friday.
A day after he failed to reach the final of the 400 individual medley, the world record holder led all the way before surging clear over the last 50 meters to claim his third gold medal of the week.
Fellow American Tyler McGill touched second in 51.85 with Japan's Takuro Fujii third in 52.12 on a balmy evening at the William Woolett Jr Aquatics Center in Irvine, California.
"I just wasn't able to build the speed I wanted to at the first turn," Phelps said. "I guess I was off the blocks slow. I couldn't get it going.
"After the first 50 there, I was able to finish well. But there are a lot of things I can work on to improve."
South Korea's Park Tae-hwan, trained by Australian coach Michael Bohl since January, posted the fastest time this year to win the men's 400 freestyle after a close tussle with Ryan Cochrane.
Park, who gave his country its first Olympic swimming medal at the 2008 Beijing Games, overhauled Cochrane over the last 100 meters to touch first in 3:44.73 with the Canadian finishing second in 3:46.78.
200 backstroke
Olympic champion Ryan Lochte of the US stormed to his fourth gold medal of the week in the men's 200 backstroke, setting a Pan Pacs record with a time of 1:54.12. His compatriot Tyler Clary was second in 1:54.90 with Japan's Ryosuke Irie third in 1:55.21.
Chloe Sutton won her first international title in the women's 400 freestyle after powering home in 4:05.19.
The 18-year-old held off a strong late burst by Australian Katie Goldman who finished second in 4:05.84 with another Australian, Blair Evans, third in 4:06.36.
Dana Vollmer won the women's 100 butterfly in 57.56 seconds after edging fellow American Christine Magnuson (57.95) in a tight finish.
American Jessica Hardy recorded the third fastest time ever with 30.03 seconds to secure gold in the women's 50 breaststroke before Brazil's Felipe Silva won the same men's event in 27.26.
The US won eight of the 10 finals on Friday, as Elizabeth Beisel won the women's 200 backstroke while the men's and women's 4x100 freestyle relays also claimed gold.
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