London2012: Michael Phelps grabs record 19th Olympic medal

By Magdalena Stanislav

LONDON (TheSportsNext) August 1, 2012: Classy swimmer from the United States, Michael Phelps entered his name as the best Olympian of all time on Tuesday when he won his 19^th medal in the London2012 4x200 meters freestyle relay at the Aquatics Center.

London2012: Dana Vollmer hits world record with 100m fly gold

By Ashley Williams 

Dana Vollmer of United States

LONDON (TheSportsNext) July 30, 2012: American female swimmer Dana Vollmer created history on Sunday when she won the women’s 100 meters butterfly gold medal with an impressive world record at the London2012.

Dana Vollmer completed the 100 meters butterfly heat in a record 55.98 seconds to leave her Chinese opponent Lu Ying sweating in the waters at Aquatics Center in London.

London2012: Rebecca Adlington into 400m final

By Ashley Williams

LONDON (TheSportsNext) July 29, 2012: The Great Britain’s biggest gold medal hope, Rebecca Adlington witnessed a mixed first day at the London2012 on Sunday when she only managed to qualify into the final of the women’s 400 meters freestyle at the Aquatics Center.

Rebecca Adlington found huge support at the Aquatics Center which cheered for her as soon as she completed her heat in 4:05.75, the fastest time in her heat. However, they were made to bite their nails later on after swimmers competing in the other two heats started posting better times and in the end Rebecca Adlington only managed to qualify into the finals as the eighth and slowest qualifier.

London2012: Michael Phelps finishes last in 400IM qualifiers

By Ashley Williams

LONDON (TheSportsNext) July 28, 2012: The Olympic gold medalist, Michael Phelps of the United States, got off to a bad start on Saturday when he finished last in the eight qualifiers of the 400M individual medley preliminaries in the London2012 first day action.

Japan’s Kosuke Hagino outpaced everyone with final time of 4:10.01, South African Chad le Clos finished second with 4:12.24, while Ryan Lochte of the United States advanced as third fastest with time of 4:12.35.