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The determined Michael Phelps is geared up to take eight golds from the Beijing Olympics. On the way to realize his dream, the unconquerable Phelps grabbed the gold medal in the Men’s 4 x 200m Freestyle Relay. With this medal, Phelps has got his 11th gold at the Olympics to date. The US team of Phelps, Ryan Lochte, Ricky Berens and Peter Vanderkaay led for the entire race and widened the world record margin throughout the race.
Lochte tagged on Phelps’ lead-off leg and set command under the world record time by 3.63 seconds. Berens slightly improved this, passing over to Vanderkaay to anchor the relay home and widen their lead on the world record, smash it by 4.68 seconds and break the seven-minute barrier at 6:58.56. Alexander Sukhorukov of Russia swam a fast final 200m to get hold of the silver medal in 7:03.70. Nick Ffrost of Australia left the Canadians behind to take the Bronze medal in 7:04.98.
