OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — After being on the sideline for two days, Michael Phelps was ready to go and it showed.
The 18-time Olympic champion advanced to the semifinals of the 200-meter butterfly at the U.S. swimming trials Tuesday with the fastest time in the preliminaries. Phelps led all way and touched in 1 minute, 56.68 seconds.
His first race on Day 3 of the eight-day meet drew the loudest cheers of the morning session.
"That was the most annoying part, I think. Having to wait this long," he said. "But I'm happy to get the first one underway and just keep going from there.