Phelps wins 100m free, falters in fly

AFP, LOS ANGELES: Michael Phelps won one and lost one Friday in a tuneup meet in Austin, Texas, where he was competing with an eye on this month’s US Olympic trials and a berth at the Rio Games.
Joseph Schooling, a 20-year-old from Singapore who swims for the University of Texas in Austin, clocked 51.58sec to edge 18-time Olympic gold medallist Phelps (51.65) in the 100m butterfly—an event in which Phelps holds the world record.
Schooling admitted it “felt great” to get his first win over Phelps—but he noted that the US great was still in hard training before the US trials and not in peak racing form as he will be in Omaha this month and Rio de Janeiro in August.
“I’ve got to be even better in two months,” Schooling said.

Phelps wins 100m free, falters in fly

AFP, LOS ANGELES: Michael Phelps won one and lost one Friday in a tuneup meet in Austin, Texas, where he was competing with an eye on this months US Olympic trials and a berth at the Rio Games. Joseph Schooling, a 20-year-old from Singapore who swims for the University of Texas in Austin, clocked 51.58sec to edge 18-time Olympic gold medallist Phelps (51.65) in the 100m butterflyan event in which Phelps holds the world record. Schooling admitted it felt great to get his first win over Phelpsbut he noted that the US great was still in hard training before the US trials and not in peak racing form as he will be in Omaha this month and Rio de Janeiro in August. Ive got to be even better in two months, Schooling said.