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Michael Phelps of the United States and Eamon Sullivan of Australia at the start of the 4×100 relay event at the 2008 Summer Olympics, Beijing. Both are wearing LZR Racer swimsuits. The LZR Pro and LZR Elite lines were launched on February 13, 2008. [9]
The full-body swimsuits worn by Phelps and others led to a series of broken swim records, which forced World Aquatics to take action. The decades-long ban on full-body swimsuits is in effect for ...
In the wake of a Chinese doping scandal, Michael Phelps doubled down Monday on his support for tougher sanctions — including a lifetime ban for anyone who tests positive for a banned substance.
Michael Fred Phelps II [5] (born June 30, 1985) [6] is an American former competitive swimmer. He is the most successful and most decorated Olympian of all time [ 7 ] with a total of 28 medals. [ 8 ]
Michael Phelps United States: Swimming Cannabis (self-admitted) [35] Michael Picotte United States: Swimming Refusal to submit to doping test [31] Yuliya Pidlisna Ukraine: Swimming Stanozolol [36] Jorge Piedra United States: Baseball [37] Leonardo Piepoli Italy: Cycling CERA [38] Caroline Pileggi Australia: Weightlifting Refusing a drug test ...
Former Olympian swimming greats Michael Phelps and Allison Schmitt will testify in prime time next week on Capitol Hill on the need for strong anti-doping measures in the upcoming Paris Olympic ...
Gold medals for the 2000 Olympic men's 4 × 400 metres relay were awarded to the U.S. squad of Jerome Young, Michael Johnson, Antonio Pettigrew, Angelo Taylor, Alvin Harrison and Calvin Harrison. In 2004, after Young (who ran in the heats) was retroactively banned from 1999 to 2001, all six were stripped of their medals. [150] [151]
Swimming legend Michael Phelps believes competitors deserve an even playing field. In an interview on CNN, Phelps was pressed on the going controversy involving transgender swimmer Lia Thomas.