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INDIANAPOLIS, Indiana: Even though Michael Phelps is
competing in some events he rarely enters at this week’s US Swim
Championships, the 200-meter breaststroke might just be out for his
Beijing Olympic gold hunt.
World-record holder Brendan
Hansen won the event in 2 minutes, 9.91 seconds here Tuesday in the
first finals session of the five-day meet while Phelps finished 11th
in 2:15.06.
Phelps, who won six golds among
eight medals at the 2004 Olympics, is still deciding which events to
enter at next year’s Beijing Olympics when he chases Mark
Spitz’s record of seven gold medals in a single Games.
But coach Bob Bowman has said
that the choices will be all about picking events he and Phelps
think they can win and the 200 breaststroke clearly is not among
them with Hansen on form and Phelps third in the “B” final.
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