体坛英语新闻：Phelps wins 200 medley in US Winter National Championships

WASHINGTON, Dec. 3 (Xinhua) -- Star swimmer Michael Phelps won the men's 200-metre individual medley at the 2015 U.S. Winter National Championships on Thursday.

The 30-year-old Phelps finished in one minute 57.61 seconds for the title.

The result was 1.69 seconds quicker than his time three weeks ago in Minneapolis, but was still almost three seconds slower than his best time this year.

Phelps, Missy Franklin and Natalie Coughlin, who are among the Olympic champions, will compete in the 100 butterfly on Friday and the 200 butterfly Saturday at the King Aquatic Center.

High expectections will be placed on Phelps as he is named US Swimming's male athlete of the year despite not competing at the World Championships in Russia.

Phelps, a record 18-time Olympic champion, has tried to make changes since a second drunk-driving arrest in 2014, which removing him from the US world team.