Michael Phelps Confirms he is Coming to London in 2012Filed Under: London 2012

Michael Phelps confirmed that he will be back in 2012 to compete at the London Olympics while in front of huge crowd at a handover party preceding the closing ceremonies in Beijing on Sunday.

As if the 23 year olds presence in his signature events wasn’t enough to have his fellow swimmers reeling, Phelps also revealed that he is considering adding some new events to his repertoire.

“I am looking forward to trying some new events, some events I’ve never really had the opportunity to swim since my schedule is always so crowded,” Phelps, of Rodgers Forge, said yesterday while taking part in the British capital’s handover celebrations.

Phelps also revealed that 2012 in London will be his last run at Olympic gold.

“I’ve never wanted to go beyond 30,” he said. “I may go a few years beyond the Olympics. I said to my coach, ‘Don’t get any ideas, because I don’t want to compete beyond 30,’ and he said, ‘That’s good, because I don’t want to coach you past the age of 30.’”

Amazingly Phelps talked about departing from the successful training program that brought him his 14 Olympic gold medals. His coach, Bob Bowman, was the one who suggested it. Bowman told Phelps that his new approach at coaching will be to throw everything out the door and try something different.

To most humans, the saying of “if it aint broke don’t fix it” would apply, but Phelps is no ordinary human. His 8 gold medal run in Beijing was something truly special and perhaps meant to be.

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