Four years ago, Ryan Lochte was the world’s best swimmer, coming off a haul of five gold medals at the 2011 World Championships.
Now?
The 31-year-old feels like “the underdog” with the Olympics less than four months away and the Olympic Trials in a little more than two months.
“I would say there is less pressure going into these Olympic Games because my past couple of years haven’t really been where I needed to be,” Lochte said Wednesday. “Now that Michael’s back and everything, I think I’m back to being the underdog.”
Lochte, Phelps and the other members of U.