The new, open, revitalized Michael Phelps felt a little frustrated warming up at the University of Texas pool on Thursday, ahead of this weekend’s Pro Swim Series meet in Austin.
“I remember those feelings that I had last year,” Phelps said.
In January 2015, Phelps was on the pool deck for the 200m freestyle at the Austin meet. But he wasn’t part of the race.
The 22-time Olympic medalist was in the middle of a six-month suspension following his Sept. 30, 2014, DUI arrest. He had spent 45 days in an Arizona treatment facility the previous fall and was one month removed from pleading guilty to drunken driving in a Baltimore court.