Phelps will return in May at Charlotte UltraSwim
CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) -- Michael Phelps will swim in a meet in Charlotte in May, ending his three-month suspension for being photographed inhaling from a marijuana pipe.
Meet officials announced Tuesday that the Olympic great has committed to the Charlotte UltraSwim on May 14-17.
The Grand Prix event will be the first major meet for which Phelps is eligible. It will be his first tuneup before July's world championships in Rome.
Phelps won a record eight gold medals at the Beijing Olympics. A British
tabloid published a photograph showing him with a marijuana pipe at a party
in November at the University of South Carolina. He was suspended by USA
Swimming.
