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Archive Home > 2009 > July > 10 > Phelps breaks 100 butterfly world record

Phelps breaks 100 butterfly world record

By Beth Harris / The Bulletin
July 10, 2009

INDIANAPOLIS — Four months after deciding to keep swimming, Michael Phelps took ownership of a world record that had eluded him for years.

He won the 100-meter butterfly at the U.S. national championships Thursday night in 50.22 seconds, lowering Ian Crocker’s mark of 50.40....

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