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Olympic U.S. swimming champion Phelps arrested for drunken driving

 

Olympic swimming champion Michael Phelps was arrested for drunken driving early on Tuesday after speeding and then crossing the double-lane lines inside the Fort McHenry Tunnel in Baltimore, Maryland Transportation Authority Police said.

Phelps, 29, was clocked by radar at around 1:40 a.m. travelling 84 miles per hour (135 km per hour) in a 45 mph (72 kph) zone, police said. The 18-time Olympic gold medallist was booked and released.

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