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Updated Tuesday, January 19, 2010 11:00 am TWN, AP

U.S. Phelps, Hoff win at Long Beach Grand Prix

LONG BEACH -- American Olympic stars Michael Phelps and Katie Hoff won 400-yard individual medleys on Sunday at the Long Beach Grand Prix.

Phelps finished in 3 minutes, 38.42 seconds, about a second behind his prelim time but well ahead of second-place finisher Hidemasa Sano, who touched in 3:39.63. Todd Patrick was third in 3:45.54 at the Belmont Plaza Olympic Pool. Hoff, who has a silver and bronze from the Olympics, won her race in 4:04.39 to break Kaitlin Sandeno's meet record of 4:05.86 set in 2008.

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