Michael Phelps snapped a six-race winless streak Saturday, reached a goal time and warmed up more to re-adding the 200m butterfly, an event he previously swore off, to a potential 2016 Olympic trials schedule.
The 22-time Olympic medalist notched a 200m butterfly victory at a Pro Swim Series meet in Santa Clara, Calif., for the first time since the 2012 U.S. Olympic Trials.
He clocked 1:57.62, swimming 1.28 seconds faster than the morning preliminaries and beating the two fastest U.S. men in the event from 2014 (Tyler Clary, Tom Shields).
“I said if I wanted to set myself up for a good time at the end of the summer, I need to go 1:57 here,” Phelps told media in Santa Clara.