France's Frederick Bousquet, who set a 50-meter freestyle world record two weeks ago, was named Thursday as an Charlotte UltraSwim entrant, setting up a showdown with Michael Phelps.
Bousquet, a silver medalist at the Beijing Olympics in the 4x100m relay, set the new standard of 20.94secs in Montpellier, France, on April 26 to break the old mark of 21.28sec set by Australia's Eamon Sullivan in March 2008 in Sydney.
Bousquet and France's Alain Bernard, who set a 100m freestyle world record of 46.94sec three days before his countryman at the French championships, will be the top targets for Phelps as he makes his first strokes toward the 2012 London Olympics.
Phelps, who won an unprecedented eight gold medals at the Beijing Olympics after taking six in 2004 at Athens, plans a new challenge for London - improving his sprint speed with an eye to becoming the world's fastest swimmer.
American hero Phelps plans to swim the 50, 100 and 200 freestyles plus the 100 butterfly and 100 backstroke at UltraSwim, his first meet since the Beijing Olympics.
No comments:
Post a Comment