“I felt good right before that race,” Lochte said of Thursday’s 200. ENLARGERIO DE JANEIRO—Three swimming stars of the 2012 London Games took widely divergent paths Thursday night at the Rio Olympics, with Michael Phelps solidifying his status as the greatest swimmer of all time. “I’m enjoying it.”Phelps has beaten Lochte in five of the six times they’ve raced in the Olympics since 2004, winning only the 400 IM in London 2012. Because, you know, we bring the best out in each other.”Meanwhile, Missy Franklin, the grinning, then-17-year-old phenom who won five medals at the London Games, has struggled in Rio. “I guess you would say I’d be like the Michael Phelps of swimming if he wasn’t there,” Lochte told NBC in a pre-Olympics interview.

Source: Wall Street Journal August 12, 2016 02:57 UTC