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 US swimming legend Michael Phelps,
the most decorated Olympian in history, will not be taking part in
the sport's world championships in Kazan, Russia, in August or in the
Pan-American Games in Toronto in July.
"He is not a member of the 2015 world championships team, per the
mutual decision of his withdrawal from the team last October," a
spokesman for US Swimming told dpa Wednesday.
US Swimming executive director Chuck Wielgus had opened the door to a
change of mind last month, when he said that while Phelps's
readmission would be complicated, "there are ways in which it could
happen."
He is also set to miss this year's Pan-American Games.
"The team for Team USA at the Pan-Am Games in Toronto is set and he
is not on that team," the US Swimming spokesman said.
Phelps, 29, who has won 18 Olympic gold medals in his career, was
suspended by US Swimming for six months after being arrested for
drink-driving and speeding in September. The suspension will expire
Monday.
Phelps retired from swimming after the London 2012 Olympics, and
returned to the sport a year ago with a view to competing in the Rio
de Janeiro 2016 Olympic Games.