Michael Phelps earned his first win in his final race at a Pro Swim Series meet in Minneapolis on Saturday night.
Phelps captured the 200m individual medley in 1:59.30, beating Olympian Conor Dwyer by 1.43 seconds at the Olympic season-opening domestic meet. Phelps, the three-time reigning Olympic 200m IM champion, has the fastest time in the world this year — 1:54.75 set in August.
Swimmers peak for summer meets and not November ones, so being 4.55 seconds slower on Saturday was not a concern.
Phelps finished the meet, his first in three months, with a win, a runner-up and a third-place finish among five finals swims.