Adrian blazes to 100m free title, Phelps third
MIAMI: Michael Phelps settled for third place behind Olympic gold medallist Nathan Adrian’s blazing 48.05sec in the 100m freestyle Saturday to close out the Orlando Pro Swim.
While Adrian dominated the field – winning by a body length and posting the secondfastest time in the world this year behind the 47.57 posted by Australian Cameron Mcevoy – Phelps was left mulling what he considered a somewhat disappointing meeting.
“I’m always so hard on myself,” said Phelps, who was disappointed not to break 52 seconds in winning the 100m butterfly on Thursday.
He added a fourth place finish in the 100m backstroke on Friday, before finishing behind Adrian and Italian Luca Dotto (49.33) in the 100m free in 49.57.
While the individual 100m free hasn’t figured in Phelps’s remarkable tally of 18 Olympic gold medals, he’s surely target ting a 4x100m free relay berth at the Rio Games in August.
But the superstar, who owns a record 22 Olympic medals total said he has work to do before the US Olympic trials in late June and the Games themselves.
In other events on Saturday Missy Franklin completed a backstroke double with a vic tory in the 200m back in 2:08.77
Franklin stormed home to edge Canada’s Dominique Bouchard, who was second in 2:08.90. American Elizabeth Beisel was third in 2:09.75.