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Phelps wins 100m butterfly in US National Championships

Xinhua, December 5, 2015 Adjust font size:

American swimming star Michael Phelps won the 100-meter butterfly at the 2015 U.S. Winter National Championships on Friday.

   Phelps surged ahead in the last 10 meters to win the race in 51.38 seconds, which is far slower than his world record time of 49.82 seconds set in 2009.

   It's his second victory after he won the men's 200-metre individual medley on Thursday.

   Phelps, Missy Franklin and Natalie Coughlin are among the Olympic champions at the meet, which continues Saturday.

   High expectections will be placed on Phelps as he is named US Swimming's male athlete of the year despite not competing at the World Championships in Russia.

   Phelps, a record 18-time Olympic champion, has tried to make changes since a second drunk-driving arrest in 2014, which removed him from the US team.  Endi