BRUSSELS — IOC president Jacques Rogge says Michael Phelps deserves a "second chance" after being photographed with a marijuana pipe.

Rogge says the American swimmer's apology and promise not to do it again gives him the benefit of the doubt.

Phelps won a record eight gold medals at the Beijing Olympics. He was suspended by the U.S. swimming federation for three months after a British newspaper published a photo of Phelps holding the pipe at a party in South Carolina.

Rogge says Phelps was not guilty of a doping offense because the incident occurred outside competition but warns "this is not something he should repeat."

"I tend to believe he will not do it," Rogge said Friday at the opening of an IOC liaison office with the European Union.