15th May, 2012
Michael Phelps knows what’s on his schedule this summer.
Just don’t ask him to share it.
“Can I ask a question? Why is it such a big deal what I’m swimming?” Phelps said Sunday. “You guys ask me every time.”
Yes, four years after winning a record eight gold medals in Beijing, Phelps remains the indisputable star of the U.S. Olympic team. His lone availability at the USOC’s media summit drew a full house, with reporters eager to know everything from what he plans on swimming at the London Olympics to whether he’s climbed the famed “Incline,” a training trail at the base of the mountains near Colorado Springs, Colo.
No wonder he and coach Bob Bowman are determined to keep a few things to themselves.
“If we say what he’s going to swim and he changes it, then we have to have another one of these to explain why,” Bowman said.