Just in from WBAL-AM here in Baltimore.
American Michael Phelps won the gold medal Friday in the 100-meter butterfly with an Olympic-record time of 51.25 seconds.
American Ian Crocker took the silver in a time of 51.29.
Andriy Serdinov of Ukraine won the bronze in 51.36.
It's Phelp's fifth gold medal of the games. He has also earned two bronze medals.
Phelps tomorrow has a chance to swim in a relay and go for a record-tying eighth medal.
Soviet gymnast Aleksandr Dityatin is the only person ever to win eight medals at a Summer Olympics. He did it in Moscow in 1980.
I looked like a genius in my office when I said "There's no way Thorpe will let Phelps beat him in the 200 free." Now I look like an idiot because I said the same thing about Crocker and Phelps in the 100 fly! Can't wait to see the race tonight!
I looked like a genius in my office when I said "There's no way Thorpe will let Phelps beat him in the 200 free." Now I look like an idiot because I said the same thing about Crocker and Phelps in the 100 fly! Can't wait to see the race tonight!
