{"id":13064,"date":"2012-08-02T01:52:07","date_gmt":"2012-08-01T23:52:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/08\/olympics-swimming-phelps-and-lochte-through-to-medley-final\/"},"modified":"2012-08-02T01:52:07","modified_gmt":"2012-08-01T23:52:07","slug":"olympics-swimming-phelps-and-lochte-through-to-medley-final","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/olympics-swimming-phelps-and-lochte-through-to-medley-final\/","title":{"rendered":"Olympics-Swimming-Phelps and Lochte through to medley final"},"content":{"rendered":"

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LONDON<\/span> Aug 1 (Reuters) – Michael Phelps and Ryan Lochte
\nboth safely qualified for the final of the men’s 200 metres
\nindividual medley at the London Olympics on Wednesday.<\/span><\/p>\n

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The two Americans set up one last tantalising clash before
\nPhelps retires after the Games when they navigated their way
\nthrough the semi-finals and into Thursday’s medal race.<\/p>\n

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Phelps, who won the 200 medley at Athens in 2004 and Beijing
\nfour years later, is bidding to become the first man to win the
\nsame individual event at three Olympics.<\/p>\n

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He beat Lochte at the U.S. trials but finished second behind
\nhim in the semi-finals and third overall in a time of one
\nminute, 57.11 although both men will go much faster in the
\nfinal.<\/p>\n

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“We love racing against each other,” Phelps said.<\/p>\n

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“Neither one of us likes to lose. I like to say we bring out
\nthe best in one another.”<\/p>\n

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Lochte was fastest overall in 1:56.13 despite conserving his
\nenergy because he swam the 200 backstroke semi-finals just
\nbefore the medley.<\/p>\n

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The second fastest overall time was set by Laszlo Cseh of
\nHungary, who left nothing to chance after missing out on a place
\non the final for the 400 medley.<\/p>\n

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“I have a good chance of winning a medal, but there are two
\ngood Americans in there,” Cseh said.<\/p>\n

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South Africa’s Chad le Clos dead-heated with Britain’s James
\nGoddard for seventh. Le Clos upset Phelps in the 200 butterfly
\nfinal on Tuesday and was so shocked by his victory that he slept
\nwith his gold medal.<\/p>\n

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“I really didn’t think I was gonna make it,” he said.
\n“Obviously I’ll fight to get that medal, but it will be
\ndifficult, a lot more difficult than last night.”<\/p>\n

(Reporting by Julian Linden; Editing by Greg Stutchbury)<\/p>\n

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\t\t\u00a9 Thomson Reuters 2012 All rights reserved<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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