Tuesday

How Good is Michael Phelps?

Phelps didn't swim the 200 butterfly, probably his strongest event (and the first one he broke a world record in) at US Nationals this week, because he's swimming off-events (like the 200 breaststroke). Davis Tarwater, Phelps' teammate at Club Wolverine (boo hiss), won Nationals in the 200 fly by about a half-second and was interviewed after the race:

When asked what he's done differently in training toward this meet, Tarwater replied that "I went back to the basics this year and looked at extensive film with Coach Bowman." He compared tonight's win to his 2006 NCAA title in the similar event: "It feels really good to come back and take this ... now, to be second at [Olympic] Trials - that's the goal."

If only to be second.

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