Beijing Olympic Games

Updated: 2007-10-24 From: Xinhuanet

Wu Peng clinched the gold in the men’s 200 meters butterfly race at the Chinese City Games in Wuhan on Wednesday.(Xinhua Photo)

WUHAN, Central China, Oct. 24 (Xinhua) — Wu Peng clinched the gold in the men’s 200 meters butterfly race at the Chinese City Games here on Wednesday.

The 20-year-old Melbourne World Championships runner-up led throughout to clock one minute 57.32 seconds.

Ding Peng from Yantai, Shandong province, took the silver in 1:59.80 seconds.

The bronze was taken by Zhao Yang from Zibo, Shandong Province, who timed 2:00.35.

The butterfly specialist clinched a silver at this year’s World Championships in 1:55.13 seconds, 3.04 seconds behind American wunderkind Michael Phelps.

Wu’s personal best in the men’s 200 meters butterfly was 1:54.91 made in Asian Games.

Wu also takes part in other five events in the Chinese City Games, including men’s 100 meters butterfly, men’s 200 meters medley, men’s 4×200 meters free relay, men’s 4×100 meters free relay and men’s 4×100 meters medley relay.