{"id":13093,"date":"2012-08-02T13:55:18","date_gmt":"2012-08-02T11:55:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/08\/olympics-swimming-phelps-second-fastest-in-100m-butterfly-heats\/"},"modified":"2012-08-02T13:55:18","modified_gmt":"2012-08-02T11:55:18","slug":"olympics-swimming-phelps-second-fastest-in-100m-butterfly-heats","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/olympics-swimming-phelps-second-fastest-in-100m-butterfly-heats\/","title":{"rendered":"Olympics-Swimming-Phelps second fastest in 100m butterfly heats"},"content":{"rendered":"

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LONDON<\/span> Aug 2 (Reuters) – Michael Phelps beat his old rival
\nMilorad Cavic at the London Olympics on Thursday to book his
\nplace in the semi-finals of the men’s 100 metres butterfly, his
\nlast individual event before he retires.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Phelps famously beat Cavic by a fingernail in Beijing four
\nyears ago to win the seventh of his eight gold medals and the
\nAmerican again had the edge when they squared off in the heats.<\/p>\n

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Phelps stormed home on the last lap to win in a time of
\n51.54 seconds to qualify second fastest overall. Cavic was fifth
\noverall after touching the wall in 51.90.<\/p>\n

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The top 16 swimmers advanced to Thursday evening’s
\nsemi-finals, from which the eight best will go through to
\nFriday’s final.<\/p>\n

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“I just wanted to come in and have a solid morning,” Phelps
\nsaid. “That was fine. I was able to finish pretty well.”<\/p>\n

<\/span><\/p>\n

Friday’s final looms as a poignant moment for Phelps, who
\nwon the 100 butterfly gold at the last two Olympics.<\/p>\n

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No male swimmer has ever won the same individual event at
\nthree Olympics and that could be his last chance if he is beaten
\nin Thursday night’s 200 individual medley final.<\/p>\n

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While Cavic has been his main rival for the past four years,
\nSouth Africa’s Chad le Clos has surfaced as his biggest danger
\nin London.<\/p>\n

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Le Clos beat Phelps with a desperate late lunge to win the
\n200 butterfly final on Tuesday and qualified fastest for the 100
\nin 51.54.<\/p>\n

(Reporting by Julian Linden; Editing by Greg Stutchbury)<\/p>\n

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\t\t\u00a9 Thomson Reuters 2012 All rights reserved<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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