Santa Clara, United States: Olympic great Michael Phelps won the 200m individual medley at the Santa Clara Pro Swim on Sunday for his second victory in as many nights. The 29-year-old American, whose 18 Olympic gold medals include three 200m medley triumphs, said he was encouraged by his performance in the four-day meeting, where won the 200m butterfly on Saturday.


Michael Phelps. Pic/AFP 

"I'm just happy to end the meet and have the (200) free, (200) IM and (200) fly be faster than I've been all year," said Phelps, whose 200m medley time of 1min 59.39sec marked his first time under two minutes this year in the event. "That's kind of what we wanted to do, to be able to progress throughout the year," added Phelps, whose comeback pointed at the 2016 Olympics was disrupted last year by a drunk-driving incident that saw him banned for six months by USA Swimming.