How Michael Phelps won gold in the butterfly

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U.S. swimmer Michael Phelps set the record for gold medals by winning his fourth gold at the 2008 Beijing Summer Olympics in Wednesday’s 200-meter butterfly event. After starting out behind New Zealand’s Moss Burmester, Phelps led the last 150 meters. Hungary’s Laszlo Cseh and Japan’s Takeshi Matsuda both overtook Burmester to win silver and bronze, respectively.