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at least in the 50 free. He's the defending Olympic champion in the chaotic one-lap sprint, and he put up a blistering 21.38 at the Brazilian championships in April, just off his winning time in Beijing.
No male swimmer has ever won the same event at three straight Olympics, but it's likely to happen - several times - in London. Phelps has a chance to three-peat in all four of his individual events, while Kitajima is looking to duplicate his breaststroke sweeps from 2004 and 2008.
Also keep an eye on the home team.
The Brits want to improve on the six medals they won in Beijing, and they'll certainly have the crowds behind them at the dazzling new aquatic center in Olympic Park. The women, especially, will send out a strong team that includes Rebecca Adlington, who won the 400 and 800 free four years ago, and medal contenders Francesca Halsall,Ferragamo Outlet, Ellen Gandy and Hannah Miley.
This looked to be the Year of the Comeback,Ferragamo Flats, with everyone from Ian Thorpe to 40-year-old Janet Evans attempting to recapture their former glory. Most failed miserably.
Thorpe was eliminated at the Australian trials, while Evans didn't come close to qualifying for the U.S. team. Former Olympic medalist Ed Moses also failed to make it, and even 45-year-old Dara Torres - who didn't actually retire after Beijing but was trying to overcome a radical knee operation - came up short.
Torres entered only one event at the U.S. trials,Salvatore Ferragamo Shoes, putting all her eggs in the 50 free. The made it to the final of that furious sprint, but finished fourth - nine-hundredths of a second away from a spot in her sixth Olympics. She scooped up her 6-year-old daughter
No male swimmer has ever won the same event at three straight Olympics, but it's likely to happen - several times - in London. Phelps has a chance to three-peat in all four of his individual events, while Kitajima is looking to duplicate his breaststroke sweeps from 2004 and 2008.
Also keep an eye on the home team.
The Brits want to improve on the six medals they won in Beijing, and they'll certainly have the crowds behind them at the dazzling new aquatic center in Olympic Park. The women, especially, will send out a strong team that includes Rebecca Adlington, who won the 400 and 800 free four years ago, and medal contenders Francesca Halsall,Ferragamo Outlet, Ellen Gandy and Hannah Miley.
This looked to be the Year of the Comeback,Ferragamo Flats, with everyone from Ian Thorpe to 40-year-old Janet Evans attempting to recapture their former glory. Most failed miserably.
Thorpe was eliminated at the Australian trials, while Evans didn't come close to qualifying for the U.S. team. Former Olympic medalist Ed Moses also failed to make it, and even 45-year-old Dara Torres - who didn't actually retire after Beijing but was trying to overcome a radical knee operation - came up short.
Torres entered only one event at the U.S. trials,Salvatore Ferragamo Shoes, putting all her eggs in the 50 free. The made it to the final of that furious sprint, but finished fourth - nine-hundredths of a second away from a spot in her sixth Olympics. She scooped up her 6-year-old daughter