KAZAN, Russia (AP) — Hungarian veteran Laszlo Cseh has set the year's best time in the 100-meter butterfly — and Michael Phelps will surely take notice when he competes half a world away this week.
Cseh touched in 50.91 seconds to lead the preliminary heats at the swimming world championships on Friday; beating his personal best by half a second.
"It just slipped out," Cseh said. "When I saw the time I thought, 'Jesus Christ, under 51 in the morning? No way.' … It was a good start, and then in the second 50 I pushed because you have to push anyway.