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Phelps wins fifth gold

ATHENS, AUG. 20. America's Michael Phelps (in picture) won the 100m butterfly event on Friday to collect his fifth gold medal in the Games. With five golds and two bronzes, Phelps joined Mark Spitz as the only other swimmer to clinch seven medals in a single Olympics.

The Indian combination of Leander Paes and Mahesh Bhupathi fought back to take the second set 6-4 after losing the first 7-6 (5) to the Croatian pair of Mario Ancic and Ivan Ljubicic in the play-off match for the bronze medal in the Olympics tennis competition on Friday. In the third set, the teams were tied 3-3.

Ivano Brugnetti of Italy won the gold medal in the men's 20-km walk on Friday.

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