Michael Phelps is one of the greatest Olympians of all time. He’s such a headline maker that just five months after the Beijing Olympic Games, he shocked everyone with such a piece of explosive news. In this blog, I want to share with you something about this excellent athlete.
Phelps became a superstar after his historic eight gold medals at the Beijing Olympic Games. Several days ago, a British tabloid, News of the Wold, published a photograph of him smoking a marijuana pipe, or cannabis. And Phelps did not challenge the legitimacy of this photo. This issue caused a lot of criticisms and controversies. Some think that we should forgive this young man and some others think that we shouldn’t regard him as the youth’s idol any more. Besides this, he also risked being punished by his superior councils of having dope. Fortunately, Phelps narrowly escaped. Athletes face suspension only if they test positive in the dope test at a competition and cannabis is not considered as a banned substance during out-of-competition testing. The photograph of him smoking marijuana was taken last November, a quiet time in the swimming calendar. But according to American Swimming, he is still facing a three months’ suspension, that is, he can’t participate any competitions in the following three months. You know Phelps is so famous and influential that he has to respond properly and responsibly to what he did. A perfect idol is not allowed to make such mistakes that can hurt the fans’ feelings. So this decision exactly saved him from the mud he was stuck in.
It is also said that Phelps now is considering absenting himself from the 2012 London Olympic Games. You can bet your bottom dollar that his mum, his coach, his benefactors and his die-hard fans will not let that happen. So we do not need to worry about it. Phelps has already issued an sincere apology to the public.
“I engaged in a behaviour which was regrettable and demonstrated bad judgement.” he said.
“I am 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 came to expect from me. For this, I am sorry.”
“I promise my fans and the public it will not happen again.”
This is the second time that he has been compelled to do so. In 2004, a few months removed from winning six gold medals and two silvers at the Athens Olympics, Phelps, then only 19 years old, pleaded guilty to a drunken driving charge. Now Phelps is suffering a lot. He has lost an endorsement with a big company. He has to repair his once good public image which was flecked with bad influences by himself. Just as a newspaper article said, he is “swimming against the tide of infamy.”
To err is human. After all, he is only 23 years old. To some extent, he is still a big boy. We are all looking forward to his new achievements in the swimming pool, not in the scandals on tabloids.
If you want to share with me something about Phelps, please make comments on my blog. It’s my honour. Thank you! In next blog I will write something about the French writer Victor Hugo and his famous novel LES MISERABLES. Hope you enjoy it!
Phelps became a superstar after his historic eight gold medals at the Beijing Olympic Games. Several days ago, a British tabloid, News of the Wold, published a photograph of him smoking a marijuana pipe, or cannabis. And Phelps did not challenge the legitimacy of this photo. This issue caused a lot of criticisms and controversies. Some think that we should forgive this young man and some others think that we shouldn’t regard him as the youth’s idol any more. Besides this, he also risked being punished by his superior councils of having dope. Fortunately, Phelps narrowly escaped. Athletes face suspension only if they test positive in the dope test at a competition and cannabis is not considered as a banned substance during out-of-competition testing. The photograph of him smoking marijuana was taken last November, a quiet time in the swimming calendar. But according to American Swimming, he is still facing a three months’ suspension, that is, he can’t participate any competitions in the following three months. You know Phelps is so famous and influential that he has to respond properly and responsibly to what he did. A perfect idol is not allowed to make such mistakes that can hurt the fans’ feelings. So this decision exactly saved him from the mud he was stuck in.
It is also said that Phelps now is considering absenting himself from the 2012 London Olympic Games. You can bet your bottom dollar that his mum, his coach, his benefactors and his die-hard fans will not let that happen. So we do not need to worry about it. Phelps has already issued an sincere apology to the public.
“I engaged in a behaviour which was regrettable and demonstrated bad judgement.” he said.
“I am 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 came to expect from me. For this, I am sorry.”
“I promise my fans and the public it will not happen again.”
This is the second time that he has been compelled to do so. In 2004, a few months removed from winning six gold medals and two silvers at the Athens Olympics, Phelps, then only 19 years old, pleaded guilty to a drunken driving charge. Now Phelps is suffering a lot. He has lost an endorsement with a big company. He has to repair his once good public image which was flecked with bad influences by himself. Just as a newspaper article said, he is “swimming against the tide of infamy.”
To err is human. After all, he is only 23 years old. To some extent, he is still a big boy. We are all looking forward to his new achievements in the swimming pool, not in the scandals on tabloids.
If you want to share with me something about Phelps, please make comments on my blog. It’s my honour. Thank you! In next blog I will write something about the French writer Victor Hugo and his famous novel LES MISERABLES. Hope you enjoy it!
I want to say that I can not agree more with you on this issue. Just as the old maxim says:" All men are fallible." After all, Phelps is only a 23-year-old boy, and he should not burden too much, in spite of his achievement in a certain domain. We should hold a tolerant mind towards others, and, at the same time, we must be strict to ourselves. I think that's what a gentleman should do.
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