奥运官方网站8月10日讯 今天上午10：00在“水立方”进行北京奥运会男子400米个人混合泳决赛中，美国选手菲尔普斯以4分03秒84的巨大优势获得金牌，并打破了该项目的世界纪录。银牌被美国选手洛赫特获得，成绩为4分06秒16。匈牙利选手切赫以4分08秒09的成绩获得了该项目的铜牌。
在第4泳道的菲尔普斯继续了昨晚打破奥运会纪录的良好状态，用打破世界纪录证明他是这个世界上最好的游泳选手。在昨天预赛后，他说：“明天我想夺冠。在预赛中拿第一正如我所想的。我知道自己真正想做什么。”
在今天的比赛中，虽然刚开始的前300米，菲尔普斯与他的队友，银牌得主洛赫特一直是齐头并进，但在最后一百米，菲尔普斯爆发，拉开了洛赫特一个身位，毫无悬念地获得了本届奥运会他的第一枚金牌。在2002年世锦赛上菲尔普斯获得400米个人混合金牌之后，包括奥运会和世锦赛在内，他垄断了该项目的所有金牌，成为400米混合泳当之无愧的王者。获得银牌的洛赫特是菲尔普斯的队友，在近年的比赛中进步极快。
尽管在赛前菲尔普斯说过他的目标不是8块金牌，不过全世界的人都期望他能创造这个奇迹，而这一枚金牌将成为他创造奇迹的起点。欧锦赛200米和400米个人混合泳新科冠军切赫未能阻挡菲尔普斯夺金的步伐，获得该项目的铜牌。
菲尔普斯的下一个夺金项目是男子200米自由泳决赛，将于12日上午进行。本届奥运会，他要参加5项个人项目的比赛和三个接力项目的比赛，冲击8枚奥运金牌。
(BEIJING, August 10) -- Michael Phelps (USA) made a blistering start to his quest to win eight gold medals at the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games at the National Aquatics Center on Sunday when the 23-year-old smashed the world record in winning the Men's 400m Individual Medley.
Phelps was the defending Olympic champion, world record holder and world champion going into the event, and had everything to lose with determined Hungarian Laszlo Cseh and Ryan Lochte (USA) chasing him home.
Phelps broke his own world record by a massive 1.41 seconds finishing in a time of 4min 03.84sec.
Phelps took the field out fast and was always well in front of world record pace. Cseh and Lochte were able to cut Phelps' lead momentarily during the backstroke and breaststroke legs, but Phelps increased his advantage on the final freestyle leg.
The fastest qualifier from the heats, Phelps defended his Athens 2004 title in style in his first event of a busy program in Beijing. This comprehensive victory will send shivers through the rest of his competitors due to swim against him in the coming days.
Cseh swam a great last freestyle leg to win the silver medal in a European Record 4:06.16, relegating Lochte to the bronze medal in 4:08.09.
Lochte, the Silver medalist from the 2007 world championships, will be bitterly disappointed that he not only was unable to challenge Phelps but dropped to third behind the Hungarian.
It is the perfect start for Phelps, the man known as the 'Baltimore Bullet', as he aims for a perfect eight Gold medals to break Mark Spitz's (USA) record of seven gold medals at a summer Olympic Games.