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Wu Peng beats Phelps to win 200 fly in Charlotte event

Washington, May 13 (Xinhua-ANI): Chinese swimming ace Wu Peng beat Michael Phelps in the 200 meters butterfly at the Charlotte UltraSwim Grand Prix meet on Saturday.

Wu won in a time of one minute, 56.69 seconds, .18 seconds ahead of Phelps. South Africa's Rousseau was third in 1:57.54.

Wu took Charlotte event as his last warm-up before heading for the London Olympics where he will compete in the 200 fly.

14-time Olympic gold medalist Phelps took part in just two races at the Charlotte meet, also placing second in the 200 freestyle.

On the women's side, Allison Schmitt edged Kathleen Ledecky to win the 400 freestyle with a time of 4:05.40. Ledecky clocked a 4:05.79.

Rebecca Soni easily won the women's 200 breaststroke with a time of 2:22.22. Runner-up Micah Lawrence was more than two seconds back in 2:24.62. (Xinhua-ANI)

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