USA Swimming suspends Michael Phelps following DUI arrest

USA Swimming has suspended Michael Phelps for six months, following Phelps' arrest last week in Baltimore for DUI.

This was Phelps' second arrest for driving while intoxicated, the first coming in 2004. Phelps announced over the weekend that he would be entering a six-week treatment program. In addition, he will not compete at next summer's FINA World Championships. This is also Phelps' second suspension, following a three-month suspension in 2009 when he was photographed with a marijuana pipe.

United States Olympic Committee CEO Scott Blackmun expressed surprise at Phelps' arrest, indicating that the organization was “disappointed on a number of fronts.”

Phelps, who first began competing in the Olympics in 2000 and would go on to become the most decorated Olympian in history, had returned to training, with the possibility present that he could attempt to qualify for the Rio Olympics in 2016.

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