Phelps wins one, loses one badly

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Michael Phelps failed to advance past the preliminaries in his first event (the 400 freestyle) at the World Swimming Championships but later led off a dominating U.S. win in the 400-meter freestyle relay Sunday in Montreal.

Phelps, Neil Walker, Nate Dusing and Jason Lezak set a meet record with a time of 3 minutes, 13.77 seconds. Earlier, Phelps finished 18th overall in the 400 free. Australian Grant Hackett won in 3 minutes, 42.91 seconds.

Other winners on the first night of swimming: Australia in the women’s 400 free relay and France’s Laure Manaudou in the women’s 400 free.