菲爾普斯承認吸食大麻 向公衆致歉

Olympic swimmer Michael Phelps admitted Sunday that he had engaged in "regrettable" behavior and "demonstrated bad judgment" after a photo was published that appeared to show him smoking cannabis.

A British newspaper, the News of the World, published the photo allegedly showing the multiple Olympic gold medal-winner inhaling from a glass pipe which is generally used to smoke the drug.

"I engaged in behavior which was regrettable and demonstrated bad judgment," Phelps said in a statement.

"I'm 23 years old, and despite the successes I have had in the pool, I acted in a youthful and inappropriate way, not in a manner that people have come to expect from me.

"For this, I am sorry. I promise my fans and the public -- it will not happen again."

The newspaper said the picture was taken on November 6, almost three months after Phelps won an historic eight gold medals at the Beijing Olympics, when he went to a party at the University of South Carolina.

USA Swimming, the national governing body for the sport, said it was disappointed by Phelps' admission.

"We are certainly disappointed in Michael's behavior. Our Olympic champions are role models who are looked up to by people of all ages, especially young athletes who have their own aspirations and dreams," USA Swimming said in a statement.

"That said, we realize that none among us is perfect. We hope that Michael can learn from this incident and move forward in a positive way."

The US Olympic Committee also expressed disappointment in the swimmer, who on January 22 was named the USOC's Sportsman of the Year for making Olympic history in Beijing by collecting the most golds won by any athlete at a single Games, giving him a career total of 14 golds.

"We are disappointed in the behavior recently exhibited by Michael Phelps.

"Michael is a role model, and he is well aware of the responsibilities and accountability that come with setting a positive example for others, particularly young people. In this instance, regrettably, he failed to fulfill those responsibilities," the USOC said.

The photograph shows Phelps, wearing a white t-shirt and a baseball cap back to front, holding the pipe -- known as a bong -- to his lips and apparently inhaling.

The tabloid quoted a partygoer as saying: "You could tell Michael had smoked before. He grabbed the bong and a lighter and knew exactly what to do."

近日，奧運游泳冠軍邁克爾•菲爾普斯的一張貌似正吸食大麻的照片被曝光。上週日，菲爾普斯就此事致歉，坦稱自己的行爲“令人遺憾”，並稱此事“反映出自己的判斷力較差”。

這張照片由英國《世界新聞報》刊登，照片上，這位奧運奪金王正用一個玻璃煙管吸菸，而這種煙管通常被用來吸食大麻。

菲爾普斯在一份聲明中稱：“我做出了令人遺憾的不明智之舉。”

“今年我23歲，儘管我在泳池裏取得了成功，可我的行爲卻很幼稚、不恰當，讓大家失望了。”

“對此我深感抱歉，在此我向所有的支持者和公衆作出承諾，這種事情再也不會發生了。”

該報稱，這張照片拍攝於去年11月6日，大約在北京奧運會的三個月後，當時菲爾普斯在南卡羅來納大學參加一個派對。在北京奧運會上，菲爾普斯包攬八金，取得歷史性戰績。

全美游泳管理中心美國游泳協會表示對菲爾普斯的行爲深感失望。

美國遊協在一份聲明中稱：“毫無疑問，我們對菲爾普斯的行爲深感失望。我們的奧運冠軍是衆人尊敬的榜樣，對於那些有志向和夢想的年輕運動員尤爲重要。”

“這讓我們認識到我們並不完美。我們希望邁克爾能從此事中汲取教訓，並以積極的方式取得進步。”

美國奧委會也表達了對這位游泳冠軍的失望之情。今年1月22日，菲爾普斯憑藉在北京奧運會上取得的驕人戰績當選美國奧委會“年度最佳運動員”。在北京奧運會上，菲爾普斯成爲奧運會歷史上單屆獲得金牌總數最多的運動員，這使他的奧運金牌總數達到14枚。

“我們對邁克爾•菲爾普斯最近的所作所爲感到失望。”

美國奧委會稱：“菲爾普斯是一個楷模人物，他很清楚自己應爲其他人，尤其是年輕人，作出積極表率的責任和義務。但很遺憾在這件事中他沒有履行好這種責任。”

照片中，菲爾普斯身穿白色T恤，反戴棒球帽，手持煙管（水煙槍）罩在嘴上，看上去像在吸着什麼。

該報援引一位社交常客的話說：“可以看出他以前也吸過。他手拿水煙槍和打火機，看起來很在行。