Press Conference after the Olympics

I still want to do an assessment of each race once I have more time.

Ryan in the Mixed Zone after the 400 IM Gold

Lochte OS-guld from Sveriges Television on Vimeo.

Jimmy Feigen's Olympic Diary

http://www.mysanantonio.com/?controllerName=search&action=search&channel=olympics&search=1&inlineLink=1&query=%22Texas+Longhorn+Jimmy+Feigen%22

Jimmy Feigen swam the prelims of the 4 x 100m free relay and he's one of swimming's brightest sprint stars.  He wrote a daily Olympic diary for the San Antonio Express News.  Read his entries at the link above.  Very interesting!

Ryan Lochte - Funny or Die Video

http://www.funnyordie.com/videos/bbf2c287fe/peeing-in-pools-with-ryan-lochte hysterical

Peeing in Pools with Ryan Lochte from Ryan Lochte      

It's Time to Get Serious About Professional Swimming

http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/wire?section=oly&id=8242190

"It is hard for swimmers, just because it's every four years and we only really get one time to shine," Phelps' American rival Ryan Lochte told The Associated Press. "(A full-time circuit) is what we need if we want to make the sport bigger than what it is or what it was."

2012 FINA World Cup and Short Course World Championships

When might we see Ryan swim again?  These short course meters events have been confirmed, and they are not that long off:


Fina World Cup - 2012 (Top prize USD $100,000)

2-3 Oct. 2012 - Dubai (UAE)
6-7 Oct. 2012 - Doha (QAT)
13-14 Oct. 2012 - Stockholm (SWE)
17-18 Oct. 2012 - Moscow (RUS)
20-21 Oct. 2012 - Berlin (GER)
2-3 Nov. 2012 - Beijing (CHN)
6-7 Nov. 2012 - Tokyo (JPN)
10-11 Nov. 2012 - Singapore (SIN)

FINA Short Course World Championships - Istanbul, Turkey
December 12-16, 2012

http://www.fina.org/H2O/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=2641&Itemid=465

Ryan Lochte to Compete in World Cup this Fall

It's short course meters.  He's going to kill it.

http://www.gatorsports.com/article/20120805/WIRE/120809779?p=1&tc=pg


For the first time, he's planning to race in the often-ignored World Cup circuit. The series of short-course meets starts in October and lasts six weeks with stops in Dubai, Doha, Stockholm, Moscow, Berlin, Beijing, Tokyo and Singapore.


"I'm going to try to go to all of them," he said at sponsor event. "I'm definitely looking forward to that."