Phelps Suspends Comeback After DUI Charge - WSJMichael Phelps has suspended his comeback to competit...

1. Phelps Suspends Comeback After DUI Charge
Phelps Suspends Comeback After DUI Charge - WSJ
Michael Phelps has suspended his comeback to competitive swimming.Zuma Press
Michael Phelps has suspended his comeback to competitive swimming so he can enter a treatment
program after being arrested for drunk driving last month near his home in Maryland.
It was the second time Phelps has been arrested for drunk driving. He pleaded guilty and received
probation for a similar offense in 2004. Phelps was also caught on film in 2009 smoking marijuana.
Phelps is history's most decorated Olympian. He has won 18 gold medals, but retired from
competitive swimming after the London Games. However, he announced earlier this year he would
attempt a comeback so he can swim at the Rio Olympics in 2016. He swam several successful races
at the Pan Pacific Championships in Australia in August.
In a statement, Phelps said the alcohol program would help him better understand himself and his
mistakes. Entering such a program is a common move for second-time offenders in drunk driving
who are looking to show the judicial system that they are taking the charges seriously.
The break in the comeback shouldn't have too much of an effect on Phelps' training. His main goal
for the next 12 months is to be prepared for next year's world championships, the final major
international meet before the Olympics.
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