Americans Hoff, Ziegler miss out on swimming gold (AP)

Courtesy Ytop stories  Thu, 08/14/2008 - 7:38am

U.S. swimmer Katie Hoff swims in a women's 400-meter individual medley heat during the swimming competitions in the National Aquatics Center at the Beijing 2008 Olympics in Beijing, Saturday, Aug. 9, 2008.<br /><br />(AP Photo/Itsuo Inouye)AP - Katie Hoff won't be going home with an Olympic gold medal.

The 19-year-old American failed to advance out of the 800-meter freestyle preliminaries Thursday night, ending her second trip to the games without a gold.

Teammate and current world champion Kate Ziegler also missed out, a stunning result for the United States, which has won the event seven times since it was first contested at the 1968 games, including five straight from 1984-2000.



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