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Ryan Lochte is a world-class swimmer from Daytona Beach, Fla. who won a gold and a silver medal in the 2004 Olympics in Athens, Greece. Lochte, 24, who specializes in the backstroke, the individual medley and the freestyle relay, made his Olympic debut by winning the silver medal behind Michael Phelps' gold in the 200-meter individual medley. He helped team USA win the gold in the 4x200-meter freestyle with Phelps, Klete Keller and Peter Vanderkaay. Lochte made his name as a swimming star at the University of Florida, where he claimed records in the 200 IM and the 200 backstroke. He also broke Tom Dolan's nearly decade-old NCAA record in the 400 IM. Lochte, who lives and trains in Gainesvill...
Ryan Lochte is a world-class swimmer from Daytona Beach, Fla. who won a gold and a silver medal in the 2004 Olympics in Athens, Greece. Lochte, 24, who specializes in the backstroke, the individual medley and the freestyle relay, made his Olympic debut by winning the silver medal behind Michael Phelps' gold in the 200-meter individual medley. He helped team USA win the gold in the 4x200-meter freestyle with Phelps, Klete Keller and Peter Vanderkaay. Lochte made his name as a swimming star at the University of Florida, where he claimed records in the 200 IM and the 200 backstroke. He also broke Tom Dolan's nearly decade-old NCAA record in the 400 IM. Lochte, who lives and trains in Gainesville, is looking to break out of the shadow of Phelps, who won six gold medals in Athens. Lochte's chance to emerge will come at the 2008 Olympics in Beijing.
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Cancer-stricken swimmer on comeback trail, but still dealing with doubts and fears
AP Sports WriterATLANTA (AP) — Eric Shanteau looks as healthy as any other swimmer on deck at the Georgia Tech Aquatic Center. But there's still those nagging fears that all cancer victims must overcome: What if the doctors didn't get it all? What if the dreaded...Tags: Lance Armstrong, Health Treatments, Cycling, Surgery, Multi-Sport Events
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With little training, Olympic star Lochte off to blazing start at US Short Course meet
AP Sports WriterATLANTA (AP) — With little training, Olympic star Ryan Lochte got off to a blazing start at the U.S. Short Course Nationals with a victory in the 200-yard individual medley Thursday night. Lochte touched in 1 minute, 40.89 seconds, just off his...Tags: Short Course Swimming, Beijing Games, Michael Phelps, Swimming
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Ryan Lochte ready to start prepping for another Olympics after enjoying moment in spotlight
AP Sports WriterATLANTA (AP) — With a demeanor best suited for a surfboard, Ryan Lochte always sounds a bit detached from the realities of life. So, it shouldn't be a surprise when the 24-year-old swimmer exhibits something of a disconnect between how well he...Tags: Short Course Swimming, Dwight Howard, Awards and Prizes, Swimming, Dining and Drinking
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Donovan captures fifth U.S. soccer award
Landon Donovan wants another chance to succeed in Europe. A bust with Bayer Leverkusen during two previous stints in Germany, he began training with Bayern Munich - the same day he was voted U.S. Player of the Year for a record fifth time. Donovan, 26,...Tags: NCAA Tournament, Awards and Prizes, National Hockey League, Swimming, National Collegiate Athletic Association
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Athletic Shorts: Djokovic Advances
The Hartford CourantNovak Djokovic rallied past Nikolay Davydenko 7-6 (3), 0-6, 7-5 Tuesday to reach the semifinals of the season-ending Masters Cup in Shanghai, China. In the day's other round robin match, Juan Martin del Potro of Argentina beat Jo-Wilfried Tsonga, 7-6 (4),...Tags: Nick Price, Churchill Downs, Jay Haas, Fred Funk, Multi-Sport Events
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Swimmer wades into disease fight
WASHINGTON — Swimmer Ryan Lochte, a four-time medalist at the Beijing Olympics, lent his medals and celebrity Tuesday to Capitol Hill efforts to fight muscular dystrophy. Lochte spent the day meeting with congressional leaders, including Illinois...Tags: Richard Durbin, Multi-Sport Events, Beijing Games, Awards and Prizes
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Olympian takes to Hill for MD research
The SwampAmerican winner of eight swimming gold medals Michael Phelps (2nd R) attends a photocall for the Speedo Athlete Media Day fellow U.S. team member Ryan Lochte (2nd L) and Australian swimmers Eamon Sullivan (L) and Grant Hackett (R) during......Tags: Richard Durbin, Paul Wellstone, Laws, Awards and Prizes, Swimming
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Phelps Phenomenon: History being made with casualness
O, by the WayThe superlatives may have all been exhausted in describing the ongoing performance of Michael Phelps in Beijing who, last night, won his sixth gold medal at these Olympics, this one in the 200-meter individual medley, and stands just one step from......Tags: Multi-Sport Events, Olympic Games, Awards and Prizes, Game Playing, Swimming
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Medal winners
Yesterday SWIMMING Men 400M Individual Medley GOLD-Michael Phelps, Rodgers Forge SILVER-Laszlo Cseh, Hungary BRONZE-Ryan Lochte, Daytona Beach, Fla. 400M Freestyle GOLD-Park Taehwan, South Korea SILVER-Zhang Lin, China, Hungary...Tags: Katie Hoff, Michael Phelps, Swimming
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Few are multitasking at U.S. Olympic trials
Sun reporterMichael Phelps and Katie Hoff don't swim in every event at the U.S. Olympic trials. It just seems that way. It seems that way because the two Baltimore swimmers are in the finals of some event virtually every night, and sometimes more than one. Last...Tags: Multi-Sport Events, Katie Hoff, Trials, Awards and Prizes, Michael Phelps
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Phelps breaks 400 IM mark
Associated PressHolding off one of his best friends, Michael Phelps started his second attempt to break Mark Spitz's Olympic record with another epic swim. Phelps, of Rodgers Forge, set a world record in his first event of the U.S. Olympic swimming trials, touching just...Tags: National Collegiate Athletic Association, Nike Incorporated, Multi-Sport Events, Katie Hoff, Trials
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Opening record for Phelps
Sun ReporterThroughout Michael Phelps' amazing swimming career, only a handful of men have had the courage, the conditioning and the competitive moxie to race him in the 400-meter individual medley and match him stroke for stroke. Ryan Lochte did that last night. He...Tags: Trials, Michael Phelps, Getty Images Incorporated, Swimming
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