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Ryan Lochte's journey from the dumps to dancing

HOLLYWOOD, Calif. — Ryan Lochte, wearing a red designer backpack and a look of nonchalance as he munched on chips inside a dance studio, drew the gaze of his partner in Dancing With The Stars.

“What are you going to do, eat Sun Chips and just stare at me with that red backpack?" sneered Cheryl Burke on Saturday.

Lochte cracked a smile. Then he put down the chips and the glitzy backpack and, as Week 4 and another Monday night episode of the hit TV show approached, Lochte and Burke resumed rehearsing the waltz. But this story about the polarizing U.