Tuesday, July 31, 2012

Ryan Lochte is Grilling ‘em!


27 year team USA swimmer and old world record breaker Ryan Lochte is creating quite the stir, and it’s not due to his recent gold medal he won at the Summer Games in London on Saturday in the 400m individual medley. Lochte is turning heads with his SWAG!
The Rochester, NY born and Port Orange, FL native has been leaving his mark on the poolside by showing everyone how much of a sneaker junky he is and by flashing his customized diamond incrusted grill.

When Lochte won gold in the 400m individual medley, beating Michael Phelps, who finished fourth, he wasn’t able to rock both gold medal and grill on the podium. He was banned from wearing it on the actual medal stand. ESPN's Wayne Drehs reported that "Lochte told me he tried to wear his grill on the podium only to have an Olympics official tell him if he did so he wouldn't get his gold." He however later compromised and instead put  in the his red, white and blue American Flag inspired blinged out teeth for photo ops afterward.
Lochte won silver with the US 4x100m freestyle team, losing out to the French team with a 47.74 split, a full second slower than the French finishing swimmer Yannick Agnel and 0.6s slower than teammate Phelps. Lochte placed fourth in the 200 freestyle race.

Lochte at the 2007 World Aquatics Championship



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