Even a gold medal couldn’t save Ryan Lochte from this beauty blunder!
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Whether it is enough motivation to push his body for a further four years through to the Tokyo Games in 2020 only remains to be seen. “Being at the age I am now, it’s definitely time that I need a break, but I can’t say it’s over”.
Lochte’s performance here was far from the heights he would have expected, particularly given it was his only individual event at his fourth Olympics. However, when they got into the breaststroke, Phelps began to pull away from the pack and Lochte fell back more than a second.
Kosuke Hagino of Japan took the silver and Wang Shun of China earned the bronze.
Lochte – one of America’s leading swimmers – has already won gold in Brazil, in the 4x200m freestyle relay. Not only did Bilis swim the race of his life to qualify for the final, I saw a lot more than that in a insane night of history in the pool. I hopped on the phone with his colorist Jenn Jones, hairstylist at Akasa Salon in Atlanta and, like any good colorist, she said she explained how to maintain the shade and prevent fading during their original consultation. “My hat goes off to him and I’ll miss him”.
Ahead of Thursday’s race, Lochte and Phelps praised each other for making them better competitors every time they are in the pool together.
Part of confronting that challenge has led to Lochte’s success as one of the all-time greats in swimming.
Phelps won his 21st career Olympic gold medal on Tuesday night in the 4x200m freestyle relay.
“I’m not done in the sport”, said Lochte. “And one of the toughest too”.
The 12-time Olympic medalist showed off his new silver locks just a week ago on his Instagram page.
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Where, when and with whom, well, most of that is unknown as the veteran leaves these Rio Olympics.
