only shot for each of them, though it wasn't always that way in their sport, which brings us to larisa latynina, who won 18 medals from 1956 through '64. she was 21 at her first and nearly 30 at her last. changes in training and routines have made latynina's sport the realm of compact teenagers now, and given their short olympic shelf life, no modern gymnast will approach latynina's haul, but a swimmer could and did. michael phelps began his olympic career in sydney, peaked in beijing, and now with his career following a recognizable ark, he remains competitive, if not longer dominant, but as of tonight, his career total of 19 medals and counting means that the only significant olympic mark still out there for him is still his as well. phelps is only 27, yet remarkably, the fab five are all too young to really remember his olympic debut. but decades from now, they will all be able to recall having been on the same team as the greatest olympian of all time. as we say good night, let's look in on the medal ceremony for the 4x200 freestyle relay. the gold, of course, to the united states. there th

now, larisa latynina was a gymnast for the former soviet union. and between the 1956, 1960 and 1964 games, she hauled in 18 medals. she's now 77 years old. and she was actually on-hand in london to see michael phelps eclipse her great achievement. look at that. >> what a great moment in olympic history. very cool that she was there. >>> also, the investigation is on into an olympic badminton controversy that is boiling over. you know how hot and testy badminton can get. >> the chinese women team threw a match, deliberately serving into the net over and over, as the crowd booed. they had already qualified and didn't want to end up in the same round as the other chinese team. so, by losing, they hope to get in a different round and then, meet in the finals with a lock on gold and silver. >> oh. interesting dilemma there. can you purposely lose? >>> taking a look at the standings, now. the u.s. and china are tied up in the medal count. 23 apiece, as of right now. china leads in the gold medals at 13. the u.s. has nine. japan in third, with 13 medals.

she is retired russian gymnast larisa latynina and when we went back in the archives we found this. it's a time capsule from her early days on the balance beam in 1958. while it's never easy to balance on a four-inch plank and we so admire those who do, like gabby douglas, look at how much the sport has changed. and then there is this guy. imagine doing something you've never tried and have no experience in, then imagine doing it at the olympics. this is the rower who had never been in one of these single skulls until the week before he got here and he performed about the way the rest of us would have if we hadn't done something before. finally the trampoline venue is positively hopping. >> great position. thus far on the tramp. >> let's hear it for our trampoline cameramen. they report another up-and-down day. we'll try to stay ahead of all of it as the games continue. that's our broadcast for this friday night and for this week. thank you for being here with us. i'm brian williams reporting again tonight from london. don't forget olympic coverage in primetime tonight. we hope to s

only shot for each of them, though it wasn't always that way in their sport, which brings us to larisa latynina, who won 18 medals from 1956 through '64. she was 21 at her first and nearly 30 at her last. changes in training and routines have made latynina's sport the realm of compact teenagers now, and given their short olympic shelf life, no modern gymnast will approach latynina's haul, but a swimmer could and did. michael phelps began his olympic career in sydney, peaked in beijing, and now with his career following a recognizable ark, he remains competitive, if not longer dominant, but as of tonight, his career total of 19 medals and counting means that the only significant olympic mark still out there for him is still his as well. phelps is only 27, yet remarkably, the fab five are all too young to really remember his olympic debut. but decades from now, they will all be able to recall having been on the same team as the greatest olympian of all time. as we say good night, let's look in on the medal ceremony for the 4x200 freestyle relay. the gold, of course, to the united states. there th

only shot for each of them, though it wasn't always that way in their sport, which brings us to larisa latynina, who won 18 medals from 1956 through '64. she was 21 at her first and nearly 30 at her last. changes in training and routines have made latynina's sport the realm of compact teenagers now, and given their short olympic shelf life, no modern gymnast will approach latynina's haul, but a swimmer could and did. michael phelps began his olympic career in sydney, peaked in beijing, and now with his career following a recognizable ark, he remains competitive, if not longer dominant, but as of tonight, his career total of 19 medals and counting means that the only significant olympic mark still out there for him is still his as well. phelps is only 27, yet remarkably, the fab five are all too young to really remember his olympic debut. but decades from now, they will all be able to recall having been on the same team as the greatest olympian of all time. as we say good night, let's look in on the medal ceremony for the 4x200 freestyle relay. the gold, of course, to the united states. there th

only a russian gymnast from the 1950s and 60s, larisa latynina had ever won more and she told phelpse only time they met that she thought he'd surpass her, but still considers her not herself the greatest olympian ever. l t any more. phelps was leading in the about butterfly until the last stroke, but his face showed he was beaten by five 100th's of a second by chad le clos. still, it tied him for are the all time olympic silver record. co the second race a freestyle relay there was no suspense, just domination, phelps same the with t leg in a convincing u.s. twoory, another gold, his 15th to go with two silvers and two bronzes, 19 medals. neerican fans knew they had seen something no one had ever seen before, and may never see again. shelps almost didn't make it to indon, after his record eight golds in beijing he fell off the training wagon, was once photographed taking a non- performance enhancing drug. but the thought of becoming the world's most meddled olympian in history was enough to draw him back for one more game. se m> i kind of feel like my old ming again and i'm swimming

>> it was a russian gymnast, larisa latynina. is 77 and was in the stands when michael phelps broke her record. >> thank you so much. teammates were' cheering him on from baltimore. >> jennifer franciotti has more. >> pretty exciting watching this amazing athlete get 19 medals. pretty amazing. people were so exciting they could not wait for it to appear on tv. michael phelps has swam his way into the record books. his home-town pool club couldn't wait for his races to air live on tv. they crammed around a computer to watch him shatter a world record. >> very exciting. it was very loud. a lot of the kids are screaming and yelling. every time they saw michael or alison on the screen, everybody was erupting in cheers. >> especially the younger kids. they look up to people like alison and michael. they are just thrilled to be part of the same team watching the olympics. >> michael now has 15 gold medals, two silvers, and two bronzes. very exciting stuff. jennifer franciotti, wbal-tv 11 news. >> thank you. that brings us to our water

. >> christine, it's an extraordinary achievement because the previous record holder, larisa latynina, who's a russian gymnast, last competed in the olympics in 1964. to give you some idea just how long ago that was, that's a year before i was born. it's that ancient. >> it's 21 years before michael phelps was born. i think the only sad note tonight for michael is he did not win his signature event, the 200 butterfly. this is the event, piers, he was in as a 15-year-old in sydney in 2000. for michael phelps to be caught at the finish in his signature, his bread and butter race, i'm sure that even though he's very happy about this record -- >> he won't like it. >> no. >> a lot of experts saying tonight he eased up, which is unlike him. as he did, the south african went through hard and that's how he beat him. very unlike michael phelps to let that happen. >> a mistake. he looked upset afterward. that's part of the reason. people remember four years ago the 100 butterfly where michael caught his competitor right at the very end. this was the complete reverse of that. very disappointing

that breaks the record held by soviet gymnast larisa latynina.nd 19-64 games.derek pakiz / olympics swimming spectator from orange county, california: "...all i can say is that it will be a cold day in hades before somebody other than phelps owns that record..." (anchor tag) there is a chance phelps can expand his record since he has more events coming up. and even more good news for team u-s-a, the women's gymnastics team won their first olympic gold since 19-96. in new york, ainsley earhardt, fox news. coming up... road rage... like you've never seen before.what one driver did seconds after cutting off another driver... that might leave you in shock. and move over hash-tags... there's a new trend on twitter. what it is... and how it could help make you money.you're watching fox 45 morning news.. all local.. all morning. excuse us, while we change into something more comfortable. cool. introducing, the square sunnyd bottle. all kids are cool but... these kids are really cool! they are raising awareness for other pediatric cancer patients by crea