{"id":21388,"date":"2014-08-10T17:37:45","date_gmt":"2014-08-10T09:37:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=21388"},"modified":"2014-08-09T17:40:14","modified_gmt":"2014-08-09T09:40:14","slug":"tom-shields-upsets-michael-phelps-to-win-100-butterfly-at-us-nationals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2014\/08\/10\/tom-shields-upsets-michael-phelps-to-win-100-butterfly-at-us-nationals\/","title":{"rendered":"Tom Shields upsets Michael Phelps to win 100 butterfly at US Nationals"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Tom Shields. Photo by Tim Binning \/ TheSwimPictures.com.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

IRVINE, Calif.\u2014Tom Shields upset three-time Olympic champion Michael Phelps by one hundredth of a second to win the 100-meter butterfly at the U.S. national championships on Friday.<\/p>\n

Shields touched in 51.29 seconds, tying for the second-fastest time in the world this year. Phelps was second in 51.30, losing for the second time in as many events this week; his biggest meet since making a comeback in April.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m somebody who can\u2019t stand to lose,\u201d Phelps said. \u201cI don\u2019t care if it\u2019s by a hundredth or by five seconds. This will definitely motivate me.\u201d<\/p>\n

Four of the seven quickest times in the world were recorded in the morning preliminaries, led by Phelps\u2019 51.17. But he couldn\u2019t keep it together in the final against Shields, who also won the 200 butterfly earlier in the meet.<\/p>\n

Phelps is still likely to earn a spot on the U.S. team for the Pan Pacific Championships this month, but he could have guaranteed himself a trip to Australia with a win in the event that he calls \u201cmy baby.\u201d He finished next-to-last in the 100 freestyle Wednesday.<\/p>\n

The 18-time Olympic gold medallist has two events remaining this weekend.<\/p>\n

Tim Phillips was third in 51.54. Ryan Lochte finished fifth in 52.21.<\/p>\n

Phelps was seventh after one lap and was closing hard on Shields in the closing stages, but his decision to glide to the wall rather than take another stroke cost him.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt just cut all of my momentum,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Bob Bowman, Phelps\u2019 coach, said, \u201cIt was pretty terrible.\u201d<\/p>\n

Phelps didn\u2019t feel like his usual self walking on deck, while Shields confidently looked at the stands and then at his California teammates, who cheered him on during introductions.<\/p>\n

\u201cNormally I\u2019m very relaxed and very ready,\u201d Phelps said. \u201cLike Bob said, it\u2019s probably just because I\u2019m not used to being in this kind of shape or this kind of feeling going into a meet.\u201d<\/p>\n

Bowman suggested Phelps was nervous, which may strike some as odd because he\u2019s the most decorated Olympian, with 22 medals.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s not fitness, but it\u2019s the knowledge that he\u2019s getting up here against these guys who are on fire,\u201d the coach said. \u201cHe knows what he\u2019s done to get here and it ain\u2019t what he used to do to get here.\u201d<\/p>\n

Phelps knows it, too.<\/p>\n

\u201cIf I want to go 50-point then I need more\u2014I need more training, I need more endurance, I need to feel more comfort with my stroke,\u201d he said. \u201cThere are just a lot of things that need to happen. I understand that.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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