RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) – Ryan Lochte was tired of sitting around his room in the Olympic athletes’ village and watching his U.S. teammates in the pool.
He was raring to get racing.
Lochte competed for the first time in the Rio Games on Tuesday, anchoring the Americans’ 4×200-meter freestyle relay in the preliminary heats. Clark Smith, Jack Conger and Gunnar Bentz joined Lochte to get the U.S. into the final with the second fastest time of 7 minutes, 6.74 seconds.
Britain’s quartet of Stephen Milne, Robbie Renwick, Dan Wallace and Duncan Scott had the top time of 7:06.31.
The Russians are a medal threat for the night final, qualifying third in 7:06.81.