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Ryan Lochte missed a spot on the Olympic team in the 400 IM tonight, falling to Chase Kalisz and Jay Litherland in the 400 IM final.
In the post-race press conference, Lochte revealed that he pulled a groin muscle during this morning’s prelims. His race strategy tonight was to try and build up a big lead in the fly and backstroke and hope that it would hold up through the breaststroke and freestyle legs.
Unfortunately for Lochte, he ended up swimming the event in 4:12.02, coming in exactly a second behind Litherland (4:11.02) and two and a half seconds behind Kalisz (4:09.54).
Lochte still has the 200 free, the 100 free, the 200 back, the 200 IM and the 100 fly to swim this week. If he makes all finals, that will be a total of 15 swims over the course of the week.
Excuses
It is an excuse. And a darn good one too. 4:12.02 is a amazing time sonce he couldn’t use his thighs for breaststroke.
“Excuses are like poems. They’re for sissies and no one wants to hear them…”
Man up, and admit you just lost the race. Coming out publically to say you have an ‘injury’?
Can you swim under 4:20 in the 400 IM? Can you swim a 4:12.02? Can you swim a 4:05.18? Can you swim a 4:12.02 with a pulled groin?
I believe Ryan Lochte is doing exactly what he prepared to do. When it sinks in, he will do exactly what college prepared him to do.
I’m not worried. Not the first time he has some problems. He will easily qualify in the 200 IM.
Brainless!
I still wonder why he swam the 400 IM. No brain decision.
Undoubtedly because he wants to make the team, and it was his second best shot at it (behind the 200 IM). No one’s a lock except Ledecky.
What about Phelps in the 200 IM? All he would need in a 1:56 mid at best to make the team.
Bobo, you should give Dave Marsh and Ryan Lochte a call and tell them they didn’t use their brain when making swimming decisions.
Unfortunately injuries are par for the course with older swimmers. However an injured groin does explain why he swam 4:12 in season, and 4:12 fully tapered and shaved. Hard luck.
He was partially tapered and shaved for that 4:12, as I recall Marsh pointed out at the time. Still, it was bad luck.
Loche is too old now.400 im is not good event for his age
Drat!! I’m in a minority, it seems. Hopefully, you guys know more about anatomy than folks like me! If he’s pulled his groin, isn’t that pretty serious in the heat of battle where the top 2 only qualify?! Wrong time, wrong place I fear!! We know Lochte’s one of the very best so to not ave him in Rio would, to use US parlance, suck!! 🙁 Let’s hope he possesses Wolverine type healing powers….