Olympic wunderkind Phelps to resume training in February

Olympic wunderkind Phelps to resume training in February

WASHINGTON -- Eight-time Beijing Olympic winner Michael Phelps will resume training in February, USA Today newspaper reported on Wednesday.


2008 Michael Phelps of the US celebrates after winning the men's 100m butterfly swimming final at the National Aquatics Centre during the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games August 16, 2008. [Agencies]

The 23-year-old will get ready for the US national championships scheduled for July 7-11 in Indianapolis.

"We're basically going to take this whole year to try to get him to a point where he can really get into serious training in the fall of 2009," Phelp's coach Bob Bowman told the newspaper.

Phelps took several months vacation after the Olympics.