Phelps throws cold water on comeback report
Olympic swimming great Michael Phelps has thrown cold water on a
report that he would come out of retirement with a view to swimming at
the 2016 Rio Games.
"Why do I keep getting texts about coming back?" Phelps said on
Twitter Friday night after a Florida television station reported he
planned to return to the pool.
Peter Busch of an NBC station in Fort Myers, Florida, reported on
Friday that Phelps "had a change of heart" and would be training for the
2016 Games. Busch's father, Frank Busch, is the director of the US
national swim team.
Still, Phelps downplayed the suggestion. "Do people really believe
everything they hear or read? There are too many people in the world
that think they have a 'story,'" he tweeted.
AFP
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