star finished the eight laps in 1 minute, 49.63 seconds. Daiya Seto of Japan won the silver in 1:52.80, and Laszlo Cseh of Hungary won the bronze in 1:52.80. Lochte set his earlier record of 1:50.08 at the last short-course championships
this journal in the hours before Phelps competes in the final. He was the last qualifier. He barely beat Hungary’s Laszlo Cseh for the final spot. Phelps is going to defend his title from the eighth lane. He’s likely never going to lay eyes
medal and 16th gold. He had failed to complete a threepeat in two previous events, the 200 fly and the 400 IM. American Teammate Ryan Lochte touched in 1:54.90 to take the silver medal and Laszlo Cseh of Hungary was third in 1:56.22.
100 butterfly Friday and the 4x100 medley relay Saturday. Lochte settled for silver in 1:54.90 and Hungary's Laszlo Cseh took the bronze, well behind the Americans in 1:56.22. ''Ryan and I have had a lot of great races,'' Phelps
and final spot of Saturday’s finals of the 400-meter individual medley by just barely touching out Hungary’s Laszlo Cseh in morning preliminaries. Another gold-medal contender, American Ryan Lochte , qualified third behind Kosuke Hagino of
Australia 200 Individual Medley Gold: Michael Phelps, United States Silver: Ryan Lochte, United States Bronze: Laszlo Cseh , Hungary 400 Individual Medley Gold: Ryan Lochte, United States Silver: Michael Phelps, United States Bronze
Australia 200 Individual Medley Gold: Michael Phelps, United States Silver: Ryan Lochte, United States Bronze: Laszlo Cseh , Hungary 400 Individual Medley Gold: Ryan Lochte, United States Silver: Michael Phelps, United States Bronze
the backstroke and breaststroke legs before powering home in the freestyle. Phelps finished in 54.16 seconds and Laszlo Cseh of Hungary took bronze in 57.69. Lochte and Phelps also finished one-two in the 100 freestyle.
Laszlo Cseh of Hungary has beaten his own world record in the men's 400-meter individual medley at the European short-course swimming