BEIJING (AFP) - Michael Phelps swam into Olympic history on Sunday but his staggering achievement failed to inspire his country's vaunted track sprinters who came off second-best to the high-flying Jamaicans in the women's 100m final.
The 23-year-old Phelps won an historic eighth gold medal, surging past yet another Olympic milestone as the United States clinched the men's 4x100m medley relay in world record time.
With the victory, Phelps overtook compatriot Mark Spitz, whose seven swimming golds at Munich in 1972 were the most at a single Games.
At 23, and competing in his third Olympics, Phelps took his total of Olympic titles to a record 14, including six from Athens, where he also claimed two bronze.
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