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Nathan Adrian celebrates his gold medal win in the men's 100-meter freestyle swimming final.

Last updated: August 1, 2012 3:51 p.m.

Adrian wins 100 free by smallest of margins

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LONDON – Nathan Adrian of the United States won the men’s 100-meter freestyle by the smallest of margins at the London Olympics on Wednesday.

Adrian clocked 47.52 seconds to win by 0.01 ahead of world champion James “The Missile” Magnussen of Australia.

Magnussen touched in 47.53 to take the silver medal and Brent Hayden of Canada finished in 47.80 for bronze.

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