Michael Phelps hasn't been pleased with his recent performances. In fact, he's been pretty publicly disgusted by them. If nothing else, his first event at the Arena Pro Swim Series in Santa Clara, the men's 200-meter freestyle, was a step in the right direction.
While Phelps didn't win the event, he came a respectable third, finishing behind winner Connor Jaeger and runner-up Nikita Lobintsev. The full results are below.
SwimmingWorldMagazine.com
This event was Phelps' first since May, when he swam so poorly in an event in Charlotte, North Carolina, that he noted he was tired "of just getting whooped" and called his performance "horrendous” and “pretty garbage," per Nick Zaccardi of NBC OlympicTalk.