I fell out of love for the sport and passion and drive back in I was just hanging on by a thin string. From U. I lost that mojo that I had a while ago. Now, I am finally getting that back. I guess I owe it all to my family because I am doing it for them. Just racing, that competitive edge, I lost it. I am slowly getting it back. Ryan Lochte with his coach, Gregg Troy, at the U. Lochte seemed to really be on track in , when he returned to training in Gainesville, Fla.
That meant he would miss the selection meet for all international teams prior to the Tokyo Olympics. And then, in October of , Lochte made news when his lawyer confirmed he was entering rehab for alcohol addiction. When he finally did return to competition at Nationals in , he won the IM in Beyond that, he seemed to recycle his talking point from the year before about his newfound commitment to the sport. They changed my whole life and gave me a new perspective on everything.
Over that stretch, it became more difficult to take Lochte at his word about his dedication. Had the Tokyo Olympics gone off as scheduled in , Lochte would have been 35 during the Games and turned 36 the day after swimming was concluded.
In , Lochte will be 36 during Olympic swimming, with his 37th birthday approaching. If he were to qualify for the Olympics, he would be the oldest male swimmer to ever represent the United States. The only other year-old man to swim for the U. Already, Lochte is the oldest man to compete in a distance longer than a at the Olympics, from his Games appearance. Typically, swimmers gravitate away from long, grueling events and towards sprints as they get older, but Lochte never established himself as a dominant force in any meter races.
On one of those first occasions, at the U. Ryan Lochte after a race at the U. In the IM, he has only broken once, swimming a He swam a You're going to have a family and that costs money. Having kids costs money.
Like this story? Skip Navigation. Jennifer Liu. But as a new dad, his training and food habits started to slip away, and feeling depressed about his actions and the suspensions, he gained 21 pounds. In August, after competing at the U. I was disgusted with myself and I was like what the heck just happened and how did I let that happened to me?
Lochte says when he got home later that night, he committed to completely changing his diet and fitness routine. That included dropping his daily calorie intake from 8, to 10, a day to 4, Lochte says his goal to make a comeback next summer during the Summer Olympics in Tokyo.
He says he wants to show his kids that no matter how many times you get knocked down, you can get up and you can keep fighting. He ranks fifth among Americans in the event since the start of The top two at trials in June qualify for Tokyo. OlympicTalk is on Apple News. Favorite us! Follow nbcolympictalk.
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