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Phelps loses 100 freestyle at Santa Clara
(Agencies)
Updated: 2009-06-15 20:01
The 14-time Olympic gold medalist finished second behind Brent Hayden of Canada in Sunday's night final. Hayden, the leading qualifier, touched in 48.44 seconds. Phelps, swimming in lane 8, had 48.87.
Lochte relished the victory over his friend and rival. "I always like to get a little kick in there," he said, smiling. "Anyone is beatable. It's just a matter of time and where." Phelps had two wins from four races in his second competition since returning from a three-month suspension by USA Swimming after a photo of him using a marijuana pipe surfaced. He won the 200 butterfly on Friday and the 400 free Saturday. "I'm ready to go home and sleep in my own bed," said Phelps, who arrived in Northern California direct from three weeks of altitude training in Colorado. "For me, it's about seeing where we are and where we have to improve on. The wins are going to be more down the road." Kirsty Coventry of Zimbabwe finished off a strong meet by winning the 200 backstroke with the world's fastest time this year. She was timed in 2:06.99, a meet record, but well off her world mark of 2:05.24 that earned a gold medal in Beijing. Coming up for Phelps is a final tuneup meet in Montreal next weekend before the US national titles at Indianapolis on July 7-11. That's where the team for the world championships in Rome will be selected. |
