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Politics : Liberalism: Do You Agree We've Had Enough of It? -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: steve harris who wrote (38655)	8/9/2008 12:30:05 PM
From: Ann Corrigan	Respond to of 224749

Men's swimteam looking good: Phelps beats own record in heat; Hoff second-fastest in women's 400 IM Associated Press August 9, 2008 BEIJING -- Michael Phelps opened his quest to win eight gold medals by qualifying 1.44 seconds faster than his rivals with an Olympic-record time in the 400-meter individual medley preliminaries Saturday night. The American won his heat in 4 minutes, 7.82 seconds -- 0.44 second better than his gold-medal-winning time four years ago in Athens. Phelps was under his world-record pace after 150 meters of the four-stroke race, but eased off to save something for Sunday morning's final. Michael Phelps was under his world-record pace after 150 meters in the 400 meter IM qualifying heats, but eased off to save something for Sunday morning's final. "I am pretty surprised," he said. "I didn't think that I'd be first to get it, not until the finals." Laszlo Cseh of Hungary, the bronze medalist in Athens, was second-fastest in 4:09.26. Luca Marin of Italy was third in 4:10.22, and American Ryan Lochte qualified fourth in 4:10.33. Katie Hoff, who like Phelps qualified in five individual events, opened her ambitious schedule as the second-fastest qualifier in the women's 400 IM. Hoff, the world record holder, was timed in 4:34.63 -- 0.08 second behind teammate Elizabeth Beisel.