Michael Phelps drops 200m freestyle, will compete in seven Olympic events

Michael Phelps won't be tying his 2008 Olympic record after all. On Monday, U.S. Olympic swimming coach Bob Bowman announced via Twitter that Phelps would not

Michael Phelps won't be tying his 2008 Olympic record after all.

On Monday, U.S. Olympic swimming coach Bob Bowman announced via Twitter that Phelps would not participate in the individual 200m freestyle in London.

[tweet https://twitter.com/coach_bowman/status/219818300312518658]

[tweet https://twitter.com/coach_bowman/status/219818729859579907]

Phelps was set to face Ryan Lochte in the 200m freestyle in London after beating Lochte in the finals of the event by five-hundredths of a second last week.