MICHAEL PHELPS held on for a “painful” victory in the 200m butterfly at the Pan Pacific Swimming Championships, holding off Nick D’Arcy with the fastest time in the world this year.
“That was painful,” said the 14-time Olympic gold medallist, who has been battling all season after a lengthy break from training.
Phelps led at every turn and won in 1min 54.11sec, but said he could feel rivals closing in the final meters.
“I felt a splash of water from the lane next to me, I was just thinking ‘Please don’t let me get run down,’” Phelps said. “The fitness level is just not there.”
Even so, he had enough to hold off Australia’s D’Arcy, who was second in 1:54.73. Japan’s Takeshi Matsuda was third in 1:54.81.
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