Poland's Pawel Korzeniowski touched the wall first with the fastest time of one minute and 56.06 seconds in men's 200 meters butterfly at the China Open in Beijing on Tuesday.

Korzeniowski, who swam in lane three, secured a lead from the first lap and managed to hold off Moss Burmester of New Zealand and Japan's Ryusuke Sakata, who finished in 1:57.79 and 1:58.13.

The Poland butterfly specialist's best time of 1:54.93 last year at the International Swim Meet in Japan placed him second at the FINA rankings, only behind American swimming sensation Michael Phelps.
 
(Xinhua News Agency February 5, 2008)