Three-time Olympian Michael Phelps (Baltimore, Md.) returned to the pool for his first competition since the 2008 Olympics with a pair of gold-medal swims on the second day of the Charlotte UltraSwim Grand Prix.
The 14-time Olympic gold medalist proved to be in good form, as he swam a time of 1:46.02 in the men’s 200m free, which was faster than his preliminary time in the event in Beijing. Phelps’ former Club Wolverine teammates Peter Vanderkaay (Rochester, Mich.) and Davis Tarwater (Knoxville, Tenn.) finished close behind, with times of 1:46.71 and 1:47.35, respectively.
“I wanted to come back and do something respectable in the pool,” Phelps said. “The next few weeks are going to be really important in my training. It didn’t matter how I felt tonight, I was just excited to race. That’s what is important – that I still have that passion to race.”
Phelps came back two events later to win the 100m fly in a time of 51.72. Tyler McGill (Riverside, Calif.) finished a full second later with the runner-up time of 52.76, and Corney Swanepoe rounded out the podium in 53.22.
UPDATE: [taken from AP on yahoo]
CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — Michael Phelps is not unbeatable.
Not when he's going against Aaron Peirsol.
The world-record holder and two-time Olympic champion handed Phelps his first defeat in nearly a year, winning the 200-meter backstroke at the Charlotte UltraSwim on Saturday night.
Wearing his new Arena suit, Peirsol got off to a strong start and touched in 53.32 seconds. Phelps was trailing by more than a half-second at the turn and had no chance to make that up against one of the greatest backstrokers, taking second in 53.79
LATEST UPDATE: [taken from www.telegram.com]
Phelps loses again at Charlotte UltraSwim
Two days, two losses for Michael Phelps. Phelps was beaten again at the Charlotte UltraSwim last night, losing to Frederick Bousquet of France in the 100-meter freestyle. The loss to Bousquet, world-record holder in the 50 free, came 24 hours after Phelps lost his first final in nearly a year. Aaron Peirsol beat him in the 200 backstroke.
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