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Japan's Kitajima reigns, Bernard takes sprint

Japan's Kitajima reigns, Bernard takes sprint

Rediff.com14 Aug 2008

Asia's greatest swimmer Kosuke Kitajima stole the spotlight from Michael Phelps on Thursday with an unprecedented double-double in the Olympics breaststroke. France's Alain Bernard won swimming's blue riband event, the men's 100 freestyle, by a whisker from Australia's Eamon Sullivan in a thrilling race, after trailing at the half-way stage.