Phelps to switch gears at world championships
(Agencies)
Updated: 2005-07-20 09:17

Michael Phelps' march to the Beijing Games begins at the 2005 world swimming championships, where the eight-time Olympic medallist will "switch gears" and try some new freestyle events.

Phelps will swim the 100 and 400-metre freestyles -- as an underdog -- while giving up his most dominating events, the 400 individual medley and 200 butterfly.

"I'm going to switch gears and see what happens," Phelps told reporters Tuesday. "It's a good change. It will keep me interested and more in-tune to what's going on."

Phelps will swim in five individual events and three relays at the world championships, which began in Montreal this week. His coach, Bob Bowman, said it would be a "very tall order" for the Baltimore native to capture eight golds.

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