Michael Phelps broke 100m butterfly world record in US National Championships. Phelps trimmed .18 seconds off the old mark of 50.40 ending American compatriot Ian Crocker's six-year hold on the record. Now he holds 5 records -- 400 and 200 individual medley, 200 and 100 butterfly and 200 freestyle. Phelps holds the record for the most gold medals at a single Olympics, his eight at the 2008. Phelps's international titles and record breaking performances have earned him the World Swimmer of the year award in 2003, 2004, 2006, 2007, and 2008 and American Swimmer of the year award in 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2006, 2007, and 2008. He has won a total of 48 career medals thus far in major international competition, forty gold, six silver, and two bronze spanning the Olympics, the World, and the Pan Pacific Championships. His unprecedented Olympic success in 2008 earned Phelps Sports Illustrated magazine's Sportsman of the man award.
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