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.
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The commentator on the CBC said he had heard that Phelps, who already swam in the medley relay preliminaries will let Crocker swim in the final so that Crocker can get a gold too.
The commentator on the CBC said he had heard that Phelps, who already swam in the medley relay preliminaries will let Crocker swim in the final so that Crocker can get a gold too.
