Michael Phelps of the United States smashed his world record in the men's 400-metres individual medley in a time of four minutes 03.84 seconds in winning the final at the Beijing Olympics on Sunday.
Phelps took 1.41 secs off his old mark of 4:05.25 and it is eighth time he has broken the 400m medley world record.
It is his seventh career Olympic gold medal and his ninth medal overall.
Laszlo Cseh of Hungary took silver in 4:06.16 with Ryan Lochte of the United States finishing with the bronze in 4:08.16.
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