Ian Crocker, Aaron Peirsol, and Brendan Hansen celebrate.
Michael Phelps has eight medals in the pool, while Natalie Coughlin has five. After swimming the preliminaries earlier in the week, Phelps watched as his teammates set a world record in the 400 medley relay final Saturday. Coughlin helped the U.S. women's relay grab silver.
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| Wait till next time Michael Phelps dominated in Athens. In 2008, he'll have maturity and more training behind his talent. |
| His other side Is this team player the same Michael Phelps who came out for a relay -- surrounded by teammates -- with headphones on? |
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| That's a lot of hardware Even if Michael Phelps didn't win eight golds, he has plenty of metal to back him up. |
| Close call Aaron Peirsol stood on the pool deck and saw the letters next to his name change from OR to DSQ. |
| 'Tough chicks' take down relay mark Natalie Couglin gave up individual events. Kaitlin Sandeno anchored. Together, they helped shatter swimming's oldest record. |
| Adelson: Feel the wake Ian Thorpe almost waited too long. Then there it was -- that elegant, perfect stride as Thorpe made his move. |
| Relay loss turns heat up on Phelps In order to tie Mark Spitz's Olympic record, Michael Phelps has to beat the Olympic champ and the world record holder Monday. |
| Peirsol, Coughlin are just what U.S. needed Michael Phelps fell short of gold, but it was still a stellar night in the pool for the U.S. on Monday. |
| One for everyone With the hype around Michael Phelps dying down, this race finally let him be part of the team. |
| Woodward: That dog won't hunt World record holder Brandon Hansen looked up, saw bronze instead of gold and started blaming everyone. |
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