Swimming: Wu surges past Phelps

CHARLOTTE: China’s Wu Peng surged past US Olympic star Michael Phelps in the final 50-meter to win the 200-metre butterfly at the Charlotte UltraSwim long course meeting.

Wu won in 1:56.83, while Phelps settled for second in 1:58.22. Wu could not match his season’s best of 1:56.62, but he had the satisfaction of notching another victory over Phelps.

Wu’s victory at the Michigan Grand Prix last month – in a race in which Phelps finished fourth – marked the 14-time Olympic gold medallist’s first defeat in the event since 2002.

Published in The Express Tribune, May 16^th, 2011.