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.
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Michael Phelps criticizes USA Swimming's 'weak leadership,' volunteers as resource for change
Michael Phelps posted a lengthy Instagram statement criticizing USA Swimming leadership and declining performance after the team won just 44% of medals at the 2024 Paris Olympics.
Michael Phelps Calls Out USA Swimming for ‘Weak Leadership’
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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