ATHENS, Aug. 14 (Xinhuanet) -- Michael Phelps, who won the first swimming gold at the Olympic Games, said on Saturday winning sevengold medals is still possible.

    "That's one down and six to go," he said after winning the men's 4X100m individual medley with a world record-breaking time.

    The 19-year-old set a new world record of four minutes 8.26 seconds, bettering his own mark of 4:08.41 set in the US Olympic trials in Long Beach, California, on July 7.

    Phelps who owned four of the five fastest times ever in the event prior to the competition, led all the way for the win, getting off to a perfect start to equal compatriot Mark Spitz' record of seven gold medals at a single Olympic Games.

    Another American Erik Vendt finished second in 4:11.81 and Hungary's Laszlo Cseh, silver medalist behind Phelps at last year's world championships, took the bronze in 4:12.15.

    Phelps was happy with the U.S. one-two finish with Vendt.

    "We wanted to finish one and two to get the team off to a good start." Enditem