Michael Phelps has been suspended from competition for three months by USA Swimming in the wake of the photo that showed the Olympic champion inhaling from a marijuana pipe.
The Associated Press reports:
The sport's national governing body also cut off its financial support to Phelps for the same three-month period, effective Thursday.
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"This is not a situation where any anti-doping rule was violated, but we decided to send a strong message to Michael because he disappointed so many people, particularly the hundreds of thousands of USA Swimming member kids who look up to him as a role model and a hero," the Colorado Springs Swim Federation, said in a statement.
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Source: CNN - 06/Feb/2009.
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