Lochte bags No. 6
Ryan Lochte won two more races at the short-course world championships in Turkey on Sunday, finishing the event with six golds and one silver.
Ryan Lochte won two more races at the short-course world championships in Turkey on Sunday, finishing the event with six golds and one silver.

Ryan Lochte won two more races at the short-course world championships in Turkey on Sunday, finishing the event with six golds and one silver. The result matched his medal tally when the biennial championships were held in Dubai in 2010.

US swim star Ryan Lochte bagged two golds on the opening day of the world shortcourse championships on Wednesday to add to the five medals he won in the London Olympics in the summer.

Michael Phelps has failed in his first medal bid at the London Olympics, shattering the overpowering mystique he created with his unprecedented eight gold medals at Beijing.

New-look Ryan Lochte said cutting out junk food was key after he finally emerged from Michael Phelps’s shadow to stake a claim as America’s top swimmer.