Phelps hit the wall, turned around and raised both index fingers in the air, signaling his two world records so far.
Phelps is 3-for-3, with victories in the 400m freestyle relay, the 200 free and 200 fly. He set a world record in defeating Pieter van den Hoogenband of the Netherlands by 2.5 seconds in the 200m free on Tuesday.
After that effort, Phelps came into his latest final exhausted, his arms still tired from the night before.
"I felt horrible. I felt horrible in the warmup pool," he said. "But it looks like things are rolling in the right direction."
Indeed, Phelps remains on track to win eight golds.
Still left are the 200m and 400m individual medleys -- he holds the world record in both -- and two more relays that are strong possibilities for US gold.
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