Back Injury Forces Phelps Out of World Event
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A glum Michael Phelps pulled out  of the world short course championships with a back injury  Friday, casting concern on his swimming future.
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Aug. 18 (Bloomberg) -- Olympic sprint medalists Kostas Kenteris and Ekaterini Thanou withdrew from the Athens Games, overshadowing the fifth day of competition in which Australian swimmer Ian Thorpe will compete for his third gold.
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Double amputee Oscar Pistorius has given up on competing at this year's Beijing Olympics but is appealing a ruling banning him from able-bodied competition.
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Michael Phelps pulled out of the  400 meter individual medley at the short course world swimming  championships with a sore back Friday.
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Olympic swimming legend Michael Phelps could face a year in prison after being arrested for drunk driving last week. Phelps, aged 19, who won six gold medals in this yearâs Athens Olympics, was stopped by
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SALISBURY, MD. - Michael Phelps, winner of six gold medal in swimming at the Athens Olympic Games, has been charged with drunk driving.
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American Aaron Peirsol reclaimed the gold medal in the Olympic 200-meter backstroke after initially being disqualified for what an official called an illegal turn Thursday night. The United States filed a protest that was overturned on appeal by FINA, the sport's governing body, about 30 minutes after the race &#151; just before the medal ceremony was held.
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ATHENS -- Tom Pappas, a US gold medal favorite in the decathlon, saw his quest for an Olympic crown dashed yesterday by a serious foot injury that forced him to withdraw from the pole vault portion of the 10-event competition.
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Olympic champion swimmer Michael Phelps is arrested for drunk driving.
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Olympic swimming star Michael Phelps said Monday that he had made a mistake and would own up to the charges against him.
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Olympic champion swimmer Michael Phelps is arrested for drink driving.
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Michael Phelps, who thrilled packed crowds for a week with his record-breaking feats in the pool, bowed out in true style on the penultimate evening of the Athens Olympic swimming competition.
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The Olympic 100-meter champion had a potential eight-year doping ban reduced, but he will not be able to defend his gold medal in Beijing this summer.
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Noah Ngeny, who upset Hicham El Guerrouj to win the 1,500-meter gold medal at the Sydney Olympics, retired because of recurring back and pelvis problems from 2001 car accident in Kenya.
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Second seed Andy Roddick withdrew from the Thailand Open due to injury on Wednesday, the latest big name no-show on the courts of the ill-fated tournament.
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ATHENS, Greece - Michael Phelps took care of qualifying for the Olympic 200-meter freestyle semifinals Sunday, and then found out he had been added to the American team for the evening's 400 freestyle relay final.    Phelps' rivals Ian Thorpe and Pieter van den Hoogenband and teammate Klete Keller were faster than the teenager in the 200 free preliminaries...
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INDIANAPOLIS, United States : Athens Olympic star Michael Phelps made a relatively relaxed start on the first day of the seventh World Short Course Swim Championship, qualifying second for the 200m freestyle final.