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Phelps to switch gears at world championships
(Agencies)
Updated: 2005-07-20 09:17 Michael Phelps' march to the
Beijing Games begins at the 2005 world swimming championships, where the
eight-time Olympic medallist will "switch gears" and try some new freestyle
events.
Phelps will swim the 100 and 400-metre freestyles -- as an underdog -- while
giving up his most dominating events, the 400 individual medley and 200
butterfly.
"I'm going to switch gears and see what happens," Phelps told reporters
Tuesday. "It's a good change. It will keep me interested and more in-tune to
what's going on."
Phelps will swim in five individual events and three relays at the world
championships, which began in Montreal this week. His coach, Bob Bowman, said it
would be a "very tall order" for the Baltimore native to capture eight golds.
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