The 23-year-old will get ready for the US national championships scheduled for July 7-11 in Indianapolis.
Michael Phelps swims during his heat in the men's 200m butterfly at the U.S. Olympic Swimming Trials in Omaha, Nebraska in this July 1, 2008.(Xinhua/Reuters Photo) |
"We're basically going to take this whole year to try to get him to a point where he can really get into serious training in the fall of 2009," Phelp's coach Bob Bowman told the newspaper.
Phelps took several months vacation after the Olympics.
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Michael Phelps and Garrett Weber-Gale celebrate after the U.S. won the men's 4x100m freestyle relay swimming final at the National Aquatics Center during the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games, in this August 11, 2008.(Xinhua/Reuters Photo) |