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Michael Phelps Calls Out USA Swimming for ‘Weak Leadership’

Michael Phelps highlights declining US swim team results and calls for a 360-degree independent review and athlete-centered reforms to fix leadership failures, citing only 44% medal success in 2024.

Summary by US Magazine
Michael Phelps has once again called out USA Swimming following an underwhelming performance in the 2025 World Championships. “No one really wants to talk about how broken USA Swimming has become,” Phelps, 40, wrote via Instagram on Wednesday, August 13. “But, if we don’t talk about it, it won’t get fixed.” The 23-time Olympic gold medal winner joined fellow former pro swimmers Ryan Lochte and Rowdy Gaines in criticizing USA Swimming’s recent pe…

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swimmingworldmagazine.com broke the news in on Wednesday, August 13, 2025.
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