Phelps flies to record-equalling seventh Beijing gold

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BEIJING (AFP) — Michael Phelps won a record-equalling seventh gold medal at the Beijing Games Saturday with a breathtaking victory in the men's 100m butterfly.

Phelps, seventh at the turn, snatched victory by one-hundredth of a second over a stunned Milorad Cavic of Serbia.

Even Phelps, who clocked 50.58, admitted he thought for a moment that Cavic had won.

"I actually did," Phelps said. "When I chopped the last stroke, I thought it cost me the race. But it was actually the opposite. If I had glided, I would have been way too long. I took short, faster strokes to try and get my hand on the wall. I ended up making the right decision."

After staring at the scoreboard, Phelps smacked the water and let out a roar of triumph.

"It was kind of a...