Phelps retains 100m butterfly world title

31 July,2011 07:59 AM IST |   |  AFP

Michael Phelps eased his world championships heartache with a 100m butterfly win Saturday as 16-year-old Missy Missile Franklin exploded onto the scene with another two gold medals in Shanghai


Michael Phelps eased his world championships heartache with a 100m butterfly win Saturday as 16-year-old Missy "Missile" Franklin exploded onto the scene with another two gold medals in Shanghai.

Phelps, the Olympic champion and world record-holder, was third halfway through the 100m butterfly but he swept through the field to win in 50.71sec, ahead of Poland's Konrad Czerniak and America's Tyler McGill.

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Phelps retains 100m butterfly world title