Swimming: Wu surges past Phelps
Wu won in 1:56.83, while Phelps settled for second in 1:58.22.
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 16th, 2011.
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 16th, 2011.