It has been awhile since Michael Phelps was overshadowed at a swim meet. But yesterday morning at the Missouri Grand Prix in Columbia, Mo., an 18-year-old from Phelps' old training ground in Baltimore broke the longest-standing American record in swimming.

Katie Hoff won the 400-meter freestyle in 4:03.20, breaking the mark Janet Evans set in 1988 by more than a second. Hoff missed the world record by .07 second.

Phelps won the 200-meter butterfly in 1:53.31, slow compared to his blistering 1:52:09 world record, but still the second fastest time he has ever posted in the event.

Olympic champion Kirsty Coventry of Zimbabwe set the world record in the 200-meter backstroke in the meet, breaking a mark that stood for 16 years. Coventry finished in 2 minutes, 6.39 seconds.

The Missouri Grand Prix is an important test because the setup will be similar to the Olympics in Beijing.

Kenenisa Bekele of Ethiopia set a world record for the indoor 2 miles at the same venue in Birmingham, England, where he broke two other marks held by countryman Haile Gebrselassie. Bekele ran 8 minutes, 4.35 seconds at the Norwich Union Grand Prix.

• Olympic hopefuls Dathan Ritzenhein and Shalane Flanagan won the USA Cross Country Championships at Mission Bay Park in San Diego.

• Yelena Isinbayeva broke her own indoor world record in the women's pole vault in Donetsk, Ukaraine, clearing 16 feet, 2 3/4 inches.

• Switzerland's Viktor Rothlin won the Tokyo Marathon, finishing in a personal-best 2 hours, 7 minutes, 23 seconds.

Top-ranked Justine Henin reached the final of the Diamond Games in Antwerp, Belgium, rallying to beat Swiss qualifier Timea Bacsinszky, 2-6, 6-3, 6-3. In today's final, Henin will play 20-year-old Karin Knapp of Italy, who beat Na Li of China, 6-4, 7-6 (5), to reach her first major final.

• Teen qualifier Kei Nishikori became the first Japanese player to reach an ATP final since 1992, beating third-seeded Sam Querrey, 4-6, 6-2, 7-6 (7), in the International Tennis Championships at Delray Beach, Fla.

• Two-time champion Nicolas Almagro of Spain defeated Fabio Fognini of Italy, 6-1, 6-1, in Costa Do Sauipe to reach the Brazil Open final.

Japan's Mao Asada took the women's gold medal at the Four Continents championships in Goyang, South Korea, by recording a season-best total score of 193.25, defeating world champion compatriot Miko Ando. Canada's Joannie Rochette finished second with 179.54 while Ando collected bronze with a total of 177.66.

Joji Kato handed Jeremy Wotherspoon his first defeat of the season at 500 meters in World Cup speedskating at Inzell, Germany. Shani Davis of the United States won the 1,000 in 1 minute, 10.58 seconds.

• Sandra Kiriasis led a German medals sweep at Altenberg, Germany, and became the first woman to capture the two-man title at three consecutive bobsled World Championships.

• Tatjana Hufner won her seventh consecutive World Cup luge race to clinch the women's singles title in Sigulda, Latvia. German teammates Patric Leitner and Alexander Resch captured the men's doubles title.

• Norway won the team ski jump at a World Cup event at Willingen, Germany, followed by Finland and Austria. Norway got 140-meter leaps from Bjorn Einar Romoren, Tom Hilde and Anders Jacobsen, with only Anders Bardal missing that mark.

A former stripper who says she photographed boxer Oscar de la Hoya in racy women's undergarments showed up in a New York court to confront the former champion, only to learn he wasn't there. Milana Dravnel filed the lawsuit last year, contending de la Hoya defamed her character and caused her emotional distress by claiming the photos were phony.