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Unheralded Biedermann wipes out Thorpe, Phelps

TECHNOLOGICAL EDGE: Paul Biedermann of Germany, who handed Michael Phelps a stunning loss in the 200m freestyle, admitted his swimsuit made all the difference

AP , ROME

Phelps did come back about an hour later to qualify for the final of the 200m butterfly on what should be his toughest day of the meet. He posted the second-fastest time in the semi-finals, just 13-­hundredths behind Japan’s Takeshi Matsuda.

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