Phelps edges Ryan in Charlotte
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May 17, 2011, Tuesday
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MICHAEL Phelps beat Ryan Lochte in the 200-meter backstroke on Sunday at the Charlotte UltraSwim in North Carolina.
Phelps, who lost to China's Peng Wu the previous two nights, weighing more on clocking consistent splits for this USA Grand Prix meet than wins. He finished in 1 minute, 57.20 seconds, passing Lochte after the second turn.
"I saw a splash out of the corner of my eye and saw the green suit, so I knew it was Ryan," said Phelps, winner of 16 Olympic gold medals.
"I ended up with two terrible races and one halfway decent one," he said.
Lochte finished in 1:58.82 at Mecklenburg County Aquatic Center.
"I tried my hardest," said Lochte, who said he tweaked his knee on Sunday after first injuring it twisting to get something out of the backseat of his car. "It's fun just going out and racing. This meet wasn't one of my greatest."
Hungarian Katinka Hosszu set a meet record of 2:12.29 in the 200 IM, topping Stina Gardell.
"After a week off, we we've working hard, adding more yardage, swimming longer stuff," Hosszu said. "As the World Championships get closer, I wanted to be swimming faster and faster as this meet went on. I felt I was slow on the first day here."
Bonuses
Rebecca Soni, who raced during the meet's first two days, waited out Sunday's events and won a US$20,000 award based on a points system for the Charlotte meet that factored in the top two FINA scoring events, as well as bonuses for records. Soni, who finished second last season, was followed by Missy Franklin and Eric Shanteau.
Franklin, 16 and ineligible to accept the prize money by US college competition rules for any recruitable athlete, overcame last-day fatigue to smash an event record in the 200 back, by nearly 3 seconds, finishing in 2:08.36.
Shanteau edged Markus Rogan to win the 200 individual medley in 1:59.82.
"We were exhausted coming into today," said Franklin, who also set the meet mark in the 200 free on Friday.
"I kept telling them, 'One more session, guys.' We're all so tired, but really excited. Getting to do events back-to-back is good experience."
Phelps, who lost to China's Peng Wu the previous two nights, weighing more on clocking consistent splits for this USA Grand Prix meet than wins. He finished in 1 minute, 57.20 seconds, passing Lochte after the second turn.
"I saw a splash out of the corner of my eye and saw the green suit, so I knew it was Ryan," said Phelps, winner of 16 Olympic gold medals.
"I ended up with two terrible races and one halfway decent one," he said.
Lochte finished in 1:58.82 at Mecklenburg County Aquatic Center.
"I tried my hardest," said Lochte, who said he tweaked his knee on Sunday after first injuring it twisting to get something out of the backseat of his car. "It's fun just going out and racing. This meet wasn't one of my greatest."
Hungarian Katinka Hosszu set a meet record of 2:12.29 in the 200 IM, topping Stina Gardell.
"After a week off, we we've working hard, adding more yardage, swimming longer stuff," Hosszu said. "As the World Championships get closer, I wanted to be swimming faster and faster as this meet went on. I felt I was slow on the first day here."
Bonuses
Rebecca Soni, who raced during the meet's first two days, waited out Sunday's events and won a US$20,000 award based on a points system for the Charlotte meet that factored in the top two FINA scoring events, as well as bonuses for records. Soni, who finished second last season, was followed by Missy Franklin and Eric Shanteau.
Franklin, 16 and ineligible to accept the prize money by US college competition rules for any recruitable athlete, overcame last-day fatigue to smash an event record in the 200 back, by nearly 3 seconds, finishing in 2:08.36.
Shanteau edged Markus Rogan to win the 200 individual medley in 1:59.82.
"We were exhausted coming into today," said Franklin, who also set the meet mark in the 200 free on Friday.
"I kept telling them, 'One more session, guys.' We're all so tired, but really excited. Getting to do events back-to-back is good experience."
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