 Phelps has elected to start competing with the old-style suits
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Michael Phelps failed to make it past the 100m freestyle heats and was also disqualified from the 100 backstroke at the Stockholm short-course World Cup.
Competing for the first time since July's World Championships, Phelps - a winner of eight Olympic golds in 2008 - was 16th fastest in Stockholm.
But, unlike others, the American had chosen not to wear a hi-tech bodysuit, banned by Fina from 1 January 2010.
Phelps was 1.84 seconds behind the best time set by Sweden's Stefan Nystrand.
Phelps' time was 47.77 seconds and French speedster Frederic Bousquet (47.53 secs), Australia's Eamon Sullivan (47.38) and Filipo Magnini of Italy (47.74) also failed to reach the final.
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606: DEBATE
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Until 1 January, swimmers can choose either to stick with the bodysuits, which were worn when there was an avalanche of world records in Rome, or switch back to more conventional attire.
The Stockholm meeting was also the first time that Phelps has taken part in a short-course event since 2006 and the first time in Europe since 2001, also in Stockholm.
He is entered for five races in Sweden and will go on to compete in Berlin at the weekend for the next leg of the World Cup.
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