LONDON (Reuters) – An Australian, an American and a Brazilian vie for the title of world’s fastest swimmer in the men’s Olympic 100 meters freestyle final on Wednesday, a day after Michael Phelps won a record 19th Games medal.

James Magnussen, Nathan Adrian and Cesar Cielo, the world record holder, will thrash it out in the Blue Riband event of the swimming competition which has provided the outstanding highlights of London 2012′s first four days.

LONDON, Aug 1 (Reuters) – An Australian, an American and a
Brazilian vie for the title of world’s fastest swimmer in the
men’s Olympic 100 metres freestyle final on Wednesday, a day
after Michael Phelps won a record 19th Games medal.

James Magnussen, Nathan Adrian and Cesar Cielo, the world
record holder, will thrash it out in the Blue Riband event of
the swimming competition which has provided the outstanding
highlights of London 2012′s first four days.

LONDON (Reuters) – Michael Phelps won the right to call himself the greatest Olympian of all time when the U.S. team destroyed the field in the 4×200 metres freestyle relay on Tuesday to hand him his 19th medal.

Chinese prodigy Ye Shiwen won her second gold of the Games, setting an Olympic record in the 200m individual medley, after stunning swimming pundits with her victory and world record in the 400 medley on Saturday.

LONDON, July 31 (Reuters) – Michael Phelps won the right to
call himself the greatest Olympian of all time when the U.S.
team destroyed the field in the 4×200 metres freestyle relay on
Tuesday to hand him his 19th medal.

Chinese prodigy Ye Shiwen won her second gold of the Games,
setting an Olympic record in the 200m individual medley, after
stunning swimming pundits with her victory and world record in
the 400 medley on Saturday.

LONDON (Reuters) – Michael Phelps won the right to call himself the greatest Olympian of all time when the U.S. team destroyed the field in the 4×200 metres freestyle relay on Tuesday to hand him his 19th medal.

Chinese prodigy Ye Shiwen won her second gold of the Games, setting an Olympic record in the 200m individual medley, after stunning swimming pundits with her victory and world record in the 400 medley on Saturday.

LONDON, July 31 (Reuters) – Michael Phelps won the right to
call himself the greatest Olympian of all time when the U.S.
team destroyed the field in the 4×200 metres freestyle relay on
Tuesday to hand him his 19th medal.

Chinese prodigy Ye Shiwen won her second gold of the Games,
setting an Olympic record in the 200m individual medley, after
stunning swimming pundits with her victory and world record in
the 400 medley on Saturday.

LONDON (Reuters) – Michael Phelps failed by a finger tip to become the first male swimmer to win the same event at three successive Olympics when he was piped to gold in the 200 meters butterfly, but the silver he won saw him equal the all-time record of 18 medals.

The American swimmer led going into the last few meters of his favorite race, but was tiring rapidly and had to settle for second when South Africa’s Chad Le Clos ploughed through to snatch it on the final touch.

LONDON, July 31 (Reuters) – Michael Phelps failed by a
finger tip to become the first male swimmer to win the same
event at three successive Olympics when he was pipped to gold in
the 200 metres butterfly, but the silver he won saw him equal
the all-time record of 18 medals.

The American swimmer led going into the last few metres of
his favourite race, but was tiring rapidly and had to settle for
second when South Africa’s Chad Le Clos ploughed through to
snatch it on the final touch.

LONDON (Reuters) – U.S. gymnast John Orozco endured successive disasters as the United States slumped to finish fifth in Monday’s team final, two days after raising hopes of gold by qualifying in first place.

Orozco, the fourth best all-round gymnast in Saturday’s qualifying, faltered twice on the pommel horse, briefly sitting down, and then fell on his vault.

LONDON, July 30 (Reuters) – U.S. gymnast John Orozco endured
successive disasters as the United States slumped to finish
fifth in Monday’s team final, two days after raising hopes of
gold by qualifying in first place.

Orozco, the fourth best all-round gymnast in Saturday’s
qualifying, faltered twice on the pommel horse, briefly sitting
down, and then fell on his vault.