Phelps suspended for six months after DUI arrest
By Associated Press | China Daily | Updated: 2014-10-08 07:59
Michael Phelps' comeback took a major hit on Monday, with USA Swimming suspending the 18-time Olympic champion for six months and forcing him to withdraw from next year's world championships.
Phelps also lost six months of funding from the sport's national governing body as a result of his second DUI arrest. The 29-year-old swimmer is banned from participating in USA Swimming-sanctioned meets through April 6, 2015.
USA Swimming said Phelps violated its Code of Conduct and cited a section of its 2014 Rule Book in punishing him. Its executive committee approved the sanctions, which take effect immediately.
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