US Olympic star Michael Phelps lost to China’s Wu Peng in the final 50 meters 200m butterfly at the Charlotte UltraSwim long course meeting.
Phelps was able only to settle a record of 1:58.22, that made him only as second best as against to Wu 1:56.83.
Wu couldn’t match his season’s best of 1:56.62, but he had the satisfaction of notching another victory over Phelps, who reigned in the 200m fly for nearly a decade.
Wu’s victory at the Michigan Grand Prix last month, in a race in which Phelps finished fourth, marked the 14-time Olympic gold medalist’s first defeat in the event since 2002.
