Michael Phelps created swimming history in Melbourne on the final night of the 12th FINA World Championships, becoming only the second swimmer behind Mark Spitz to win seven gold medals at a world championships or Olympics.
Phelps' unparalleled performance came to a climax in the 400-metres individual medley in which he broke a fifth world record in winning the gold in 4:06.22. Fellow American Ryan Lochte provided the early challenge and after a solid backstroke leg found himself briefly in front of Phelps. But Phelps took control with a brilliant swim in the breaststroke leg, traditionally his weakest of the four strokes, to turn the deficit into a winning lead by the 300-metres mark. Lochte just scraped home for the silver three-and-a-half seconds behind Phelps with fast-finishing Italian Luca Marin taking the bronze.
Phelps was deprived of the chance to reach his goal of eight world records earlier in the morning when the United States, the red-hot favourites, were disqualified in the heats of the men's 4 x 100 medley relay after one of Phelps' biggest rivals, Ian Crocker, jumped off the blocks marginally too early in a changeover.
That may have put a dampener on the final day of competition but should in no way detract from the truly outstanding achievement of the American in these championships. And with just over a year before the Olympics, the indications are there that Phelps is quite capable of matching, or even surpassing, Spitz's medal haul.
While the headlines have deservedly gone to Phelps, what should not be ignored was the superb championships of Australian sprint star Libby Lenton, who finished with five gold medals after victory in the women's 50-metres freestyle. Lenton won the shortest and quickest event on the card in a time of 24.53 seconds, ahead of 50-metres butterfly champion Therese Alshammar of Sweden and Holland's Marleen Veldhuis.
Lenton's five golds in as many races equalled American Tracey Caulkins' 1978 record for most won by a woman in a single world championships .
Everyone, including the man himself, expected Grant Hackett's reign as 1500-metres champ to come to an end but few expected Poland's Mateusz Sawrymowicz to be the man to do it. The young Pole swam a brilliant race, especially in the middle 500 metres, as he took the lead from early pacesetter Yuri Prulikov of Russia. Prulikov made his move in the second-last hundred to be in touch for the final sprint but the Pole proved too good in the final moments to win in a time of 14:45.91. Prulikov took the silver and Great Britain's David Davies the bronze. Hackett, the defending Olympic and world champion, finished seventh in a time of 14:59.59.
The final world record of the meet came in the women's 400-metres individual medley with American teenager Katie Hoff blitzing the field to finish eight seconds clear in 4:32.89. The silver medal went to Yana Martynova of Russia with Australian Stephanie Rice edging out compatriot Jennifer Reilly to take the bronze.
Australia made the most of the absence of the disqualified Americans to win the final gold on offer in the mens 4 x 100 medley relay. Japan took silver and the Russians bronze.
In the night's other finals Jessica Hardy won the gold for the United States in the 50-metres breaststroke, pipping Leisel Jones by just 0.07 of a second, while Gerhard Zandberg ended a disappointing meet for the South Africans by taking the gold in the 50-metres backstroke. He won in 24.98 seconds ahead of German world record holder Thomas Rupprath and Britain's Liam Tancock in third.
Heyy guys !
I'm sorry I've been super inactive this year . I'd be back after the 14th of November officially . However , I need people's help !
How important is it ? It's URGENT !
Well , I'd like to fulfil a friend's wish . It's really important and urgent because you can say , it's her dying wish . Things come so unexpectedly and it's just me trying to play a part in helping . ( It's a REALLY LONG story . )
So now , I'm calling out for help . Please help !
URGENT HELP !
LOOKING FOR : Pink Elephant soft toy that Junsu was holding in School Attack
PLEASE HELP !
I'm begging , it's a plea .
If you know how and where to get it , PLEASE EMAIL ME !
I'm at : losing.myself@hotmail.com
JUST TYPE PINK ELEPHANT ON THE TITLE AND I PROMISE I'LL ATTEND TO IT STRAIGHT AWAY !
Thanks ! I'll owe you guys loads if I'm able to find it ! PLEASE ! :,(
>.< I do apologize for my inactive state on VOX . But people , I promise I'll be back with more updates when it comes to the start of December .
Let's see , I'll give you guys a background information on what I'm doing currently .
Yes . I'm currently taking O levels now . For those who haven't heard of it , it's this major exam that one has to pass in order to get into junior college or .. polytechnics . Both of which are alraedy tertiary schools . Erm , if I'm not wrong , people in junior colleges are in their senior years in High School . ( well , but that's just a guess . ) And yes , I'm studying for this major exams , thus causing inactivity .
I'm sorry to those who has always come over to take a look at my posts :( I promise I'd be back for more goodies after I'm done mugging . Please bear with me ! Thank you :)
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AHHHH ! It's Yoochun's birthday today ! EVerybody ! Let's come together and sing him a birthday song : D
Happy Birthday to Yoochun !
Happy Birthday to Yoochun !
Happy Birthday to Dong Bang's YOOCHUN !
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Hmmm , I'm gonna try out something later on . If I have the time I'll try and put it up for everyone to share . Once again , HAPPY BIRTHDAY YOOCHUN OPPA ! : D
Wishing Yoochun oppa a really wonderful life ahead . Hopefully he'd continue to stay healthy and happy . He's our Yoochun oppa and so we hope he'll celebrate his birthday in the most memorable way possible ( :
Some other updates on DBSK :
(1) Lovin' You singles
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1.Lovin' you
2.五線紙 (Music Sheet)
3.Lovin' you [Less Vocal]
4,五線紙 [Less Vocal]
Credit : ONTVXQ >> file BIGEST 10
cut and upload : ▌Mii-믹키 ▌*@Tvxq-thailand.com*
Hello everyone ! I'll be in charge of counting down to Yoochun's birthday : D
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Here are some Yoochun spams : D
I shall post up only batch by batch so that there will be a total of three days of Yoochun spams : D
Here are banners .
Hope you guys like it : D
AHHHH ! This is for EVERYONE ! : D
Gosh , listen to the crowd ! When DBSK walked out right everybody was like screaming at the top of their voice : D AHHHHH ! Anyway , does Yoochun look skinner than usual ?
LOOK AT HOW FOCUS YUNHO IS ! : D NO NO NO NO ! Look at how EVERYONE 's so focused : D HOHOHO ! And and and ! I love it when they do the Dong Bang cheer thingy . Shows us the Dong Bang Tuhon Spirit ! < 33333
Well , I don't know what they're saying but the host said this video will be subbed soon . ( : When she subs it I'll post it up again ! : D Our Dong Bang BOYS ! WOOOOHOOO !
See the many international artists gather at the VMAJ awards . I'm really happy that DBSK won ! : D
DONG BANG DONG BANG HWAITING ~
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HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO STEVEN GERRARD < 33333
WHAT THE HELL ? Ayumi's damn cute in the beginning but her story's so sad ! So is Chae Yeon's . ) : Wahh . She's really brave to continue thus fast .
Okayy , here's something to lighten the mood . Haha , this shows how much I've missed Haha and Park Myung Soo . Stupid and funny people ! HOHOHO !
Haven't seen Kim Jong Kook for a very long time ? Yes indeed this is his latest released song : D Enjoy ! : D
AHHH ! This is something I like alot ! It was really long time ago ( : I left one copy of this video in my previous blog . Hohoh ! Must watch ! : D
Hello people ,
Yes , this isn't an update but a notice to all . I will not be posting as regular as I used to now cos I'll be concentrating on my major exams soon . I'll try and update at least once a week , if not once in two weeks ? I'm really sorry for all the inconvenience caused and I promise I'll make it up to everybody after my major exams .
Since it's the start of the holidays now , I might be updating say twice in a week . So I hope this will kind of make up half of the time that I'm M.I.A.ing .
Thank you for all your kind support and sorry for the inconvenience caused . Thank you ! : D
P.S. I should really say I love the song that I posted up called It's All In Vain ? ( : It's really good .
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People , I think I'll be out for a week , meaning there won't be any news for around a week or so cos this week's gonna be quite a busy week for me .
I shall just summarise what I've read from the thread .
&! DBSK 's coming out with a new Korean Singles soon , I checked that out at bestiz
&! And I'd really like to share something here with you guys but I guess that will have to wait awhile .
Ohh ! AND I PASSED MY GRADE SEVEN PIANO < 33333 Now it's time to move on to grade eight . ( : Ha ! Cheers : D
I'm sorry for the inconvenience caused !
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I apologize for my emo post before that . Here's something to relieve the tension . ( : I shall make this post open to anyone : D Enjoy .
HAHAHAHA ! THIS IS DAMN FUNNY ! As in the clips that the uploader uploaded is really funny . Look at what they are doing … ~ I recognize scenes from Goldfish , Xman , Making of Step by Step , etc . ( : Worth watching . Makes your day : D
HAHAHAHA ! Here’s the video ! No subs though ) : But was that mi-sticks I saw Yunho opened ? Yummy . HAHAHAH ! And I see Yoosu during the full photoshoot : D
Yoochun makes loads of noise . Yoochun + Jaejoong , super funny atmosphere . These two are like the best pair ? Whenever they are together they make very funny noises and makes the mood really light . Relieves all the stress ( : Hahaha , then you see Jaejoong going so close to Yoochun and Changmin says something which made him get hit twice on the hand . And after a few seconds or so , the very slow Junsu laughs . HAHAHAHAHA !
http://www.veoh.com/videos/v349563g86hFAWZ Eh , this is a put-together video . ( : It’s nice and it includes scenes from HUG MV and SM Summer MV and School Attack and concert secrets and erm , Prince in Prague ! : D Well , there are a lot of scenes from everywhere so go check it out ! HAHAHAH ! Jaejoong is damn funny ! He went all the way up front trying to knock out all the pins . ( : And you know the part where Yunho was walking in Prince in Prague and then everyone jumps except him ? Yeah ! Yoochun’s so nice ! He seemed like he’s trying to say “ Heyy come on don’t worry look at me ! : D “ HAHAHAHA ! AHHH ! The video ended off nicely ( : Pictures of DBSK ( in the past )
More Pictures of DBSK in History in Japan vol. 2
Pictures of DBSK from airport ( recent )
Poster for ‘O’ Seoul concert
I know ! The bottom female thingy's weird right ? But I don't know , apparently someone said a person at the concert passed her this ? I guess it's photoshopped ? Haha , but I just want you guys to look at the top : D
Pictures from DBSK diary (?)
Picture credits : baidu , bestiz , soompi , uruchai@soompi
Video credits : YT & Veoh
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DBSK updates only viewable by friends & families .
As for daily rants & others will be posted as viewable by anyone .
Thanks ! : D
American king of the pool Michael Phelps just missed out on eight World Championship gold medals, but now he's got his eye on bettering the legendary Spitz's seven Olympic golds.
Well , I think he's a-mazing . Gosh , how did he do that ? It's unbelievable , breaking so many world records just in world champs . What will happen when the olympic comes . Hmmm , there's gonna be a nice show up ahead : D
Yeah , and that's my Liverpool : D
You'll never walk alone : D
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