Michael Phelps will be the bearer of the U.S. flag during the Friday night ceremony at Maracana Stadium, selected in a vote by all members of the American Olympic team.
USA Swimming has suspended Michael Phelps for six months, forced him to withdraw from next year's world championships and taken away his funding from the sport's national governing body as a result of the Olympic champion's second DUI arrest.
According to an interview with TMZ via the Huffington Post, Olympic swimmer Michael Phelps made an admission that the majority of us probably already could've guessed on our own.