{"id":13107,"date":"2012-08-03T01:56:20","date_gmt":"2012-08-02T23:56:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/08\/olympics-swimming-phelps-through-to-100m-butterfly-final\/"},"modified":"2012-08-03T01:56:20","modified_gmt":"2012-08-02T23:56:20","slug":"olympics-swimming-phelps-through-to-100m-butterfly-final","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/olympics-swimming-phelps-through-to-100m-butterfly-final\/","title":{"rendered":"Olympics-Swimming-Phelps through to 100m butterfly final"},"content":{"rendered":"

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LONDON<\/span> Aug 2 (Reuters) – Reinvigorated after winning the
\n200 metres individual medley gold medal on Thursday, Michael
\nPhelps dived straight back into the London Olympic pool and
\nbooked a place in Friday’s 100 butterfly final, his last
\nindividual event before he retires.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Showing no signs of fatigue despite his busy schedule and
\nadvancing years, the 27-year-old easily won his semi-final in
\n50.86 seconds.<\/p>\n

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The race took place less than an hour after the medley final
\nbut Phelps was able to catch his breath and qualify fastest for
\nthe final.<\/p>\n

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“He does that better than anyone, doing the second event
\nafter the first really hard one,” said his coach Bob Bowman.<\/p>\n

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Phelps won the 100 butterfly gold at the last two Olympics
\nbut faces a stiff challenge making it three on the trot.<\/p>\n

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The finalists include Serbia’s Milorad Cavic, who Phelps
\nfamously beat by a fingernail in Beijing to win the seventh of
\nhis eight golds in China.<\/p>\n

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Phelps will also take on South Africa’s Chad le Clos, who
\nhas surfaced as his biggest danger after Le Clos beat the
\nAmerican in the 200 final and qualified second fastest for the
\n100 but he said he did not think he could win the shorter race.<\/p>\n

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“In tonight’s 100m fly (semi-finals) he was a bit tired and
\nmade a great time so I think tomorrow night will be a little bit
\nunrealistic to try and win,” le Clos said.<\/p>\n

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“I’m next to him again so that will be another dream for me
\nto swim next to Michael Phelps.”<\/p>\n

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(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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