Posted on 02/01/2009 3:43:51 AM PST by SkyPilot
THIS is the astonishing picture which could destroy the career of the greatest competitor in Olympic history.
In our exclusive photo Michael Phelps, who won a record EIGHT gold medals for swimming at the Beijing games last summer, draws from a bong.
The glass pipes are generally used to smoke cannabis.
And after sporting chiefs announced laws which mean four-year bans for drug-taking, Phelps’ dreams of adding to his overall 14 gold medal tally at the 2012 games in London could already be OVER.
(Excerpt) Read more at newsoftheworld.co.uk ...
The item in the picture is a bong, made by the RooR company.
One still has to light a bong to get smoke in it, don’t they? It just isn’t lit, yet.
If the answer to both questions is yes, why then Mr.Phelps could be POTUS.
Not Guilty! And congratulations to a long and illustrious career.
Not at all.
Guy in the photo looks beefier than Michael Phelps. Yes, I'm aware everyone is saying he "gained weight" after the Olympics, but I don't know too many guys who gain a lot of weight in their necks that fast.
He didn't need to gain a bunch of weight in his neck. He already had a big neck.
The guy in the photo is darker-complected. If Michael Phelps was pasty-white at the end of the summer, why would he have a tan on November 6 (when this photo was supposedly taken)?
The following picture is from Us Magazine, with their caption:
Michael Phelps attends a press conference as part of the Olympic Handover ceremony on August 24, 2008 in London.
Notice the date, August 24, 2008. He is NOT pasty white and this is right after the olympics. He has a tan in late August.
There you go. Just a few reasons why I'm completely unconvinced. Now, if someone can prove he wears a tacky blingy watch like the one in the photo, I'll think about changing my mind.
Why do you think the watch is blingy? It looks like one of those watches that have chrome ridges going around the dial. Very much like the watch he happens to be wearing in the Us magazine pic above.
Well, going from my observations of children in school (I have a second grader) the teachers teach ONE way. If that isn’t your style, tough. They do not offer alternatives, the kid has to conform and either succeed or fail. Its moronic.
A Very Class Act considering he could have ignored it all then denied it all..........
I think he probably just learned the most important lesson of his life. He's ok in my book.....
Thanks for the update. Hopefully it won’t be too costly of a lesson. Sponsors/endorsements/2012 olympics
“Dude, you’re getting a Dell”
Dude, you’re career is over.
big whoop
The effing President is an admitted former coke user according to some
Looked more like cubic zirconias going around the dial. But the watchbands do look identical.
Anyway, now that he's SAID it was him, I'm pretty sure it was him after all. ;D
what a dip weed...
he had it all... drunk driving in maryland, dope smoking in england... when he is caught banging heads with with that diver we’ll have the tri - faqta...
that is a Q...
teeman
I think it's safe to say that we would have a much more civil & less violent society if that were true.
Looks like Phelps may be qualified to run for President in the Democrat party now.
They only ban performance-enhancing drugs. LOL!
See: Phelps acknowledges photo using pot pipe:
"I engaged in behavior which was regrettable and demonstrated bad judgment," Phelps said in the statement released by one of his agents. "I'm 23 years old and despite the successes I've had in the pool, I acted in a youthful and inappropriate way, not in a manner people have come to expect from me. For this, I am sorry. I promise my fans and the public it will not happen again."
Phelps was part of a group of elite athletes who agreed to take part in a pilot testing program designed to increase the accuracy of doping tests. His spot in the program could be at risk, said Travis Tygart, head of the U.S. Anti-Doping Agency.
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"For one of the Olympics' biggest heroes it's disappointing, and we'll evaluate whether he remains in that program," Tygart said. "But some good education comes from this because he's going to suffer some penalties."
Marijuana is viewed differently from performance-enhancing drugs, according to David Howman, executive director of the World Anti-Doping Agency. An athlete is subject to WADA sanctions only for a positive test that occurs during competition periods.
"We don't have any jurisdiction," Howman said. "It's not banned out of competition. It's only if you test positive in competition."
That is not Caroline Pal. That is Kim Kardashian with Paris Hilton.
Phelps has ADHD and swimming has pretty much been his “thing”. My husband and I said after the Olympics we hope that he has someone who watches him, because severe ADHD is notorious for bad decision making - here you have a young man who has everyone throwing themselves at him. He’s been on the cover of tabloids doing this party hardy stuff for months now, actually ever since right after the Olympics.
I hope it doesn’t cause him to lose his career.
He has severe ADHD and this is a case of him having a fantastic skill that has saved him.
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