Takeshi Matsuda won the men's 200-meter butterfly at the Asian Games on Saturday with a time that was better than Micheal Phelps' — at least for 2010.
Matsuda struck his first career Asian Games individual gold medal with the world season-best time of 1 minute, 54.02 seconds, eclipsing the time Phelps had at the Pan Pacific Swimming Championships this past August in Irvine, California by 0.09.
Matsuda led a Japanese 1-2 finish ahead of Ryusuke Sakata, who clocked 1:55.23.
"To set a season-best time was one of my goals at these Games, and this is my first title since I made my Asian Games debut eight years ago, so I'm thrilled," the 26-year-old said.