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Phelps, U.S. win; 6 records fall

Associated Press

Sunday, July 26, 2009

ROME -- Michael Phelps had an off night. His new windmill stroke just slowed him down. He left his teammates with some catching-up to do. Heck, he didn't even get a world record when about all you had to do was squeeze into one of those newfangled suits and dive in at the Foro Italico. Yet, when it was done, Phelps found himself in that same ol' place -- top of the medal stand. At his first major meet since a historic Olympics, Phelps got off to a winning start at the world championships as pa ...

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