Meichtry finishes sixth in Olympic freestyle
Switzerland's Dominik Meichtry has come sixth in the 200m freestyle swimming at the Beijing Olympics.
The event on Tuesday was won by American Michael Phelps who claimed his third gold medal at the Games and set a new world record.
Silver went to Park Tae-hwan of South Korea while Phelp’s compatriot Peter Vanderkaay won the bronze medal.
Meichtry, who had improved his personal record in the semifinal on Monday, was on course for a medal during the first 100m of the race, but eventually fell behind and missed a medal by 1.81 seconds.
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