South Korea's Park Tae-Hwan notched two victories at the Santa Clara Grand Prix on Friday, holding off Olympic swimming star Michael Phelps to win the 100m freestyle
South Korea's Park Tae-Hwan notched two victories at the Santa Clara Grand Prix on Friday, holding off Olympic swimming star Michael Phelps to win the 100m freestyle.
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Park also won the 400m free, the event in which he captured gold at the 2008 Beijing Olympics, notching a comfortable victory over Canadian Ryan Cochrane in 3min 44.99sec.
The South Korean won the 100m free in 48.92, ahead of Phelps, whose 14 Olympic gold medals include his eight-gold haul in Beijing, in 49.61sec.
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