Michael Phelps continues to be the most popular and fascinating story from the Water Cube, but he is far from the only story. Below is a summary of what happened at the National Aquatic Center on Friday. Sunday concludes the swimming competition.

Great Britain\’s Rebecca Adlington won Gold in the long distance swimming race, the women\’s 800m freestyle, giving her country its first Gold Medal in that event in more than 80 years. She won with a world record time of 8:14.10, breaking the record set by Janet Evans in 1989. Adlington was followed by Alessia Filippi of Italy for …read more

Of course, the big swimming story of last night/this morning was Michael Phelps win in the men’s 200m freestyle event, earning him his ninth medal and third in Beijing. However, Phelps’ victory wasn’t the only story at the “Water Cube.” Below are a few scenes of the other happenings:

Leisel Jones of Australia won the women’s 100m breaststroke event with a new Olympic record time of 1:05.17. The Silver medal went to Rebecca Soni of the United States and the Bronze was awarded to Mirna Jukic of Austria.

California girl, Natalie Coughlin took the Gold Medal in the women’s 100m …read more

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Margaret Hoelzer set a new world record and qualified to compete in Beijing in the women’s 200m backstroke event last night at the Qwest Center in Omaha with a time of 2:06.09. Finishing second and also qualifying was Elizabeth Beisel.
Hoelzer qualified for the women’s 100m backstroke event earlier in the week, finishing second to Natalie Coughlin.

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It was another exciting night of swimming at the Qwest Center in Omaha last night. Two new world records were set, in both the Men’s and the Women’s 100m Backstroke events.
Natalie Coughlin, 25, the Gold Medal winner in Athens, finished first last night with a world record time of 58.97. Second by a fraction of a second was Margaret Hoelzer. Both women will compete in Beijing.
It was the 2004 Gold Medal winner leading the pack in the men’s competition, also. Aaron Piersol finished first with a world record …read more