Michael Phelps wins another gold medal; Ryan Lochte wins silver

Michael Phelps, looking like the dominating uber-Phelps of four years ago, won the 200-meter individual medley Thursday at the London Olympics.

Phelps took Round 2 of his duel with fellow American Ryan Lochte, establishing a lead in the first leg at the Aquatics Centre and never let it go in winning the event for the third consecutive time at the Olympics. His time was 1 minute, 54.27 seconds. He now has 20 Olympic medals and could potentially win two more by the end of the London Games.

“Look, it is extraordinary,� said swim legend Ian Thorpe, who is commentating for the BBC.

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Phelps’ winning margin over Lochte, who won the silver medal, was 0.63 seconds.

Lochte, who had won Round 1 against Phelps in the 400-meter individual medley on Saturday, finished in 1:54.90. Veteran Laszlo Cseh of Hungary won the bronze medal in a time of 1:56.22.

Phelps had defeated Lochte at this event in the U.S. Olympic trials earlier this summer, and Lochte was coming off a difficult double on Thursday night, having competed in the 200-meter backstroke less than 30 minutes before the 200-meter individual medley.
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