Michael Phelps suspended 6 months by USA Swimming
USA Swimming has suspended Olympic champion swimmer Michael Phelps for six months for violating the organization's code of conduct. The news comes nearly a week after Phelps was arrested for driving under the influence, and a day after Phelps announced he would enter a six-week treatment program.
Phelps will be suspended from USA Swimming-sanctioned competition for six months, not eligible to compete again until March 6, 2015.
He will also forfeit his funding from USA Swimming for those six months, and he will withdraw from the 2015 World Championship team. He will not represent the Team USA next August in Kazan, Russia -- the tune-up meet for the 2016 Rio Olympics.
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