Official 2007 Melbourne Web Page April 1, 2007 KATIE HOFF BREAKS WORLD RECORD IN 400M IM
Medal Tally for All
2007 Melbourne World
Champ Events:
Melbourne Article on Phelps April 1, 2007 USA Swimming Article April 1, 2007 Baltimore Sun Article April 1, 2007 March 31, 2007 Phelps Wins 100M Fly, Securing 6th Gold Michael Phelps won a stunning victory in the 100M Butterfly. He was in third place at the 50M wall, and used his incredible underwater kicks to catch up and finish first by a breath taking .05 seconds. This tallied his 4th individual gold of the meet, and 6th total.
March 30, 2007 United States Wins Another World Record Setting Relay
The United States's 800M Freestyle relay demolished the six year-old Australian World Record by over a second and a half this morning. Clocking in at 7:03.24, Michael Phelps, Ryan Lochte, Klete Keller, and Peter Vanderkaay completed the race almost 7 seconds ahead of the Australian team. Other record breaking American swims of the session were Lochte's 200M Back World Record, and Margaret Hoelzer's 200M Back American Record. Click For USA Swimming Article March 30, 2007
March 29, 2007
Katie Hoff on World
Record Setting 800
Free Relay, Wins
Second Gold
Katie Hoff became a World Record holder as part of the 800 Free Relay team joined by Natalie Coughlin, Dana Vollmer, and Lacey Nymeyer, The foursome clocked a 7:50.09, beating the mark set by Germany in 2006. This was Katie's second gold medal at the 2007 FINA World Championships. Katie's split was the second fastest at 1:56.98. Coughlin led off with a 1:56.43 which eclipsed Katie's one day old 200 Free American Record of 1:57.09. Click for USA Swimming Article...
Michael Phelps Sets New World Record in the 200M IM
Click for USA Swimming Article... Baltimore Sun Article March 29,2007
March 28, 2007 Hoff Lowers Her 200M Free American Record in Finals Winning 4th Katie Hoff finished 4th in the finals of the 200M Free breaking her American Record set the day before by two tenths. The swimmers ahead of her were Federica Pellegrini from Italy for third, who won silver in Athens 2004, Annika Lurz from Germany for second, and Laure Manaudou from France winning gold with a time of 1:55.52, which broke Pellegrini's World Record--set the evening before during semi-finals--by almost a second. Michael Phelps Breaks His 200M Fly World Record Michael Phelps placed 1st in the Semi-Finals of the 200M IM with a time of 1:57.94, half a second ahead of American Ryan Lochte, and placed 1st in the finals of the 200M Butterfly breaking his old World Record, set in 2006, by 1.7 seconds. Silver went to China's Wu Peng, and bronze to Russia's Skvortsov Nikolay. USA Swimming Article March 28,2007
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March 27, 2007 KATIE HOFF BREAKS AMERICAN RECORD IN 200M FREE, QUALIFIES 4TH IN SEMI-FINALS
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MICHAEL PHELPS SETS WORLD RECORD IN 200 FREE
The night of swimming saw four world records fall, including the six year old world record in men's 200M Freestyle broken by former NBAC teammate Michael Phelps. Michael broke Ian Thorpe's record of 1:44.06 with a 1:43.86 finishing almost three seconds ahead of Pieter Van Den Hoogenband. Baltimore Sun Article #1 March 27
March 26, 2007
This morning around 5:30am EST, Hoff swam in the final 200m IM finishing 1st with a time of 2:10.13 breaking her meet record set in Montreal two years ago by .28 seconds, and beating 2004 Olympic bronze medalist Kirsty Coventry for the second championship in a row. Although Hoff did not lower her 200m IM American record of 2:10.05--set in 2006--and missed Wu Yanyan's 10-year-old world record of 2:09.72 by .78 seconds, she still swam the 4th fastest time in history. Hoff's next race is the 200m Freestyle semi-finals, which will be swum tomorrow morning. Phelps swam his first race, the 200m Freestyle, this morning and is currently seeded 2nd after the semi-finals behind NED's 2004 Olympic Silver medalist Pieter Van Den Hoogenband by .42 seconds. Both men are seeded with times above 1:46 seconds. Hoogenband's fastest 200m Freestyle time of 1:44.89 occurred in 2002, while Phelps's fastest 1:45.20 came at the Montreal championships in 2005. The final race will be swum as the first event on Tuesday morning.
March 25, 2007
Hoff Places 4th in
the
400m Free This years US roster is highly concentrated with swimmers from the 2004 Olympic team. From the Men’s team are Ian Crocker, Brendan Hansen, Larsen Jensen, Klete Keller, Jason Lezak, Ryan Lochte, Aaron Peirsol, Michael Phelps, Scott Usher, Peter Vanderkaay, Erik Vendt, and Neil Walker. From the Women’s are Natalie Coughlin, Margaret Hoelzer, Katie Hoff, Kalyn Keller, Tara Kirk, Kara Lynn Joyce, Rachel Komisarz, Dana Vollmer, and Amanda Weir. The top male and female competitors for the US are both NBAC’s Michael Phelps and Katie Hoff: Phelps competing in the 200 Free, 100, 200 Fly, 200, 400 IM, and 4x100 Free Relay, and Hoff competing in the 200, 400 Free, 200, 400 IM, and alternate in the 4x200 Free Relay. Phelps is yet to swim his individual events. Hoff was the top American performer in the 400m free finishing 4th with a best time of 4:05.65. She is also seated first in her 200m IM after swimming the top time of 2:11.75 during semi-finals (1.7 seconds off her American record set in 2006.) Phelps is yet to swim his individual events. The Men’s and Women’s 4x100 Relays and 400m Freestyle Finals have also been completed resulting in a 1st for the men’s relay (Phelps, Walker, Jones, and Lezak) and 2nd for the women’s (Coughlin, Nymeyer, Weir, and Joyce). Peter Vanderkaay placed 4th in the 400m Freestyle finals with a 3:46.36, and Hoff finished 4th in the 400m Freestyle with a 4:05.65. World Champ competition will continue through the 1st of April, and live coverage of the races is available online.
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Hoff Eclipsed the 7
year old mark of
4:33.59 by almost a
second.
Clocking in at
4:32.89, she
finished over seven
seconds ahead of her
competitors.
Phelps also earned
his seventh gold
medal in the 400M IM
shattering the World
Record by over two
seconds.
However, missed the
chance for an eighth
medal after the
Men's Medley Relay
DQ's in Prelims.
Michael Phelps won
Gold in the 200M IM
(1:54.98) with
teammate Ryan Lochte
winning silver
(1:56.19). Both men were on
world record pace by
the 150, but it was
Phelps who finished
strong breaking his
previous record of
1:55.84 by almost a
full second.
