Man, I miss this rivalry. As everyone on this channel has said, Ryan Lochte is an incredible swimmer. Absolutely generational talent. Third most Olympic medals of all time after Spitz. Just a shame he swam in the same era as Phelps because Phelps was a little bit better. But both have said competing against the other pushed them to do better. They both brought out the best in each other, so maybe it’s a good thing Lochte was born when he was. It was a heck of a rivalry, from the same country too.
Both are amazing but always had felt bad for Lochte living in the shadow of Phelps and sadly getting caught up in the whole thing in Rio giving him negative press.
Might not have seen the same Lochte without Phelps. They both pushed each other to new heights. Just look that the 200 IM - they were ahead of their time. It took over a decade to see someone just go under 1:55. Legends
Dude, actually, as a Brazilian I tell you, that in Rio was nothing. Maybe people here just wanted to take advantage of rich tourists ((This happens all the time)
IMO the 2008 olympic trials 400 IM was the greatest race of their rivalry. It signified both the rise of Lochte, it justified the hype that Lochte might be the only one who could beat Phelps and it also asserted Phelps' dominance in the end. It also shows most clearly the Lochte brings out the best in Phelps. All of his other races (except the 200 IM) were good not great. but the races where he faced Lochte he broke the WRs.
Didn’t know Lochte had such a great 200 free. 1:44.4 is fast-take out the speedsuits and that’s probably a top 10 time. If it weren’t for Phelps Lochte would’ve been the greatest swimmer since Spitz Cool to have the rivalry But I’m betting Lochte wishes he was born 10 years earlier or later
What do you think was the best Phelps vs Lochte race? I personally felt like their races at the Olympics weren't as entertaining or intense as the ones at other occasions. Tell me your thoughts!
That's because Phelps, in the key moments, is the best in the world. Shame that this video doesn't show those races where Phelps SMASHED litteraly everyone
@@MariachyGamer Thanks for your comment. I just wanted to make sure that the video had the 'best' races between the two swimmers. A race in which Phelps dominates the entire field cannot really be seen as a 'good' race, rather a dominant race.
hell yeah! awesome video thanks for the shout out :D sorry i'm late hahaha. Also, now I am just gonna have to come back and watch replays of this video since it has all the good races :D
From France I loved to see Lochte vs Phelps for many years ! Leon Marchand is from my country but trained by US and Phelps's coach and he is like an US athlete lol anyway the US natation is the best and I loved to see Lochte and Phelps each run during almost 20yo thanks for this travel !
Agreed, Nora. I feel like that was the perfect example of their rivalry. Except that when it came time for the finals Lochte almost always came up just a little short.
Why did the commentators in the 2nd race sound upset when lochte out touched phelps. Can’t they just be appreciate lochte’s greatness, and his rivalry with phelps?
In the last 200 IM race phelps had such a fast finish because that was when he started testing out dolphin kicks at the end of the race. He didnt stick with it to Rio though, interesting idea.
Lochte was a monster between imortals......he was amazing if not for a phenom like Phelps he could have had a much better results in his carreer he got 2 in a lot of olympics races to Phelps
Park Tae Hwan went from Korean hero to a disgrace. You can see by the Korean commentators just how much Park meant for Korean swimming until he blew it.
Well yea... His underwaters are really strong, his turns are fast, and his free and fly are amazing, Lochte is a really good breastroker, and a lot like me, he catches up to people ahead of him with his breastroke and he stays there, even pulling ahead with it. Either way they're both really good but Phelps just has the upper hand.
Thanks for asking! It was no doubt an interesting race but I felt like there was nothing special or significant about it apart from the fact that both Phelps and Lochte qualified to their 4th 200m IM in the Olympics.
individual medley which is a race of swimming four equal lengths of each stroke. for instance in the 200 IM, a swimmer would swim 50m of butterfly, 50m of backstroke, 50m of breaststroke, and 50m of freestyle.
Lochte would likely be considered the best swimmer of all time had he not been constantly racing Phelps. Without Phelps around, he’d have dominated everyone else like Phelps dominated everyone, including him.
Phelps was depressed and out of focus during 2011 and 2012 and offcourse Lochte continued to train hard,, that's why he beat him. By 2016 Mike was back again killing everyone.
Ryan Lochte lost all respect for lying about being robbed in Rio and destroying property, so no matter how skilled he is in swimming, he’s a loser in life. The better man wins as a respectable man, and that’s why Michael Phelps is still relevant and Lochte is just about forgotten and forever thought of as that guy who lied and destroyed property in another country while representing America.
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Nah Cody Miller is better
Brayden Franklin who?
enixooo I said Cody Miller
Brayden Franklin sorry, i meant to say who asked and who cares
Man, I miss this rivalry. As everyone on this channel has said, Ryan Lochte is an incredible swimmer. Absolutely generational talent. Third most Olympic medals of all time after Spitz. Just a shame he swam in the same era as Phelps because Phelps was a little bit better. But both have said competing against the other pushed them to do better. They both brought out the best in each other, so maybe it’s a good thing Lochte was born when he was. It was a heck of a rivalry, from the same country too.
Lochte improved his underwaters to the point he got as good if not better than Phelps. Wonderful rivalry!
absolutely agreed!
Ur out of hr mind
@@AliAlTamimi12 The races from Shanghai 2011 show how great Lochte's underwaters were
No, Phelps’s underwaters were much better, not even close
SAVAGE SWIMMER lol that’s so false
Both are amazing but always had felt bad for Lochte living in the shadow of Phelps and sadly getting caught up in the whole thing in Rio giving him negative press.
True but remember who has the actual record
I think Lochte actually genuinely enjoyed competing with him. He loved having the motivation to beat him and was actually good friends with Phelps too
Might not have seen the same Lochte without Phelps. They both pushed each other to new heights. Just look that the 200 IM - they were ahead of their time. It took over a decade to see someone just go under 1:55. Legends
Dude, actually, as a Brazilian I tell you, that in Rio was nothing. Maybe people here just wanted to take advantage of rich tourists ((This happens all the time)
IMO the 2008 olympic trials 400 IM was the greatest race of their rivalry. It signified both the rise of Lochte, it justified the hype that Lochte might be the only one who could beat Phelps and it also asserted Phelps' dominance in the end.
It also shows most clearly the Lochte brings out the best in Phelps. All of his other races (except the 200 IM) were good not great. but the races where he faced Lochte he broke the WRs.
Eccept in the end Cavic beat him and not Lochte when it mattered.
Didn’t know Lochte had such a great 200 free.
1:44.4 is fast-take out the speedsuits and that’s probably a top 10 time.
If it weren’t for Phelps Lochte would’ve been the greatest swimmer since Spitz
Cool to have the rivalry
But I’m betting Lochte wishes he was born 10 years earlier or later
It's such a delight to watch these two compete
I've taken a loooooong break as I've been pretty busy with school work but I'll try to be more consistent! Enjoy and hope everyone stays safe!
Love your content!
Felt that.
What do you think was the best Phelps vs Lochte race? I personally felt like their races at the Olympics weren't as entertaining or intense as the ones at other occasions. Tell me your thoughts!
2011 200 im at the world championships when Lochte set the world record
@@swimmingtechniques4722 yep , tHAT RACE WINS IT ALL
That's because Phelps, in the key moments, is the best in the world. Shame that this video doesn't show those races where Phelps SMASHED litteraly everyone
@@MariachyGamer Thanks for your comment. I just wanted to make sure that the video had the 'best' races between the two swimmers. A race in which Phelps dominates the entire field cannot really be seen as a 'good' race, rather a dominant race.
@MariachyGamer You’ve completely missed the point
hell yeah! awesome video thanks for the shout out :D sorry i'm late hahaha. Also, now I am just gonna have to come back and watch replays of this video since it has all the good races :D
hahah better late than never ;) glad you enjoyed it!
From France I loved to see Lochte vs Phelps for many years !
Leon Marchand is from my country but trained by US and Phelps's coach and he is like an US athlete lol
anyway the US natation is the best and I loved to see Lochte and Phelps each run during almost 20yo
thanks for this travel !
Miss this duo legend in olympics 😢
Lochte Phelps Difference (splits)
(24.89) (24.83) ((0.06))
53.48 (28.59) 53.67 (28.84) ((-0.25))
1:26.51 (33.03) 1:26.80 (33.13) ((-0.10))
1:54.00 (27.49) 1:54.16 (27.36) ((0.13))
Splits for Lochte's world record :D (and the differences between Lochte and Phelps' splits)
thanks for the breakdown!
What a goat comment
The 2008 Olympic Trials 400 IM is still the best 400 IM race of all time.
Agreed, Nora. I feel like that was the perfect example of their rivalry. Except that when it came time for the finals Lochte almost always came up just a little short.
Does anyone else get anxiety when they watch races? I always feel like I do when I'm omw to a meet 💀
Michael, and Rayn both of you are the best swimmer ever!
I agree, Lochte probably is the second best male swimmer ever. Honestly he might be better than Ledecky or Hosszu overall
@@pabloruedaarzoz8065 Yeah, Pablo Rueda Arzoz.
best swim channel for sure
thanks man 🙌
Why did the commentators in the 2nd race sound upset when lochte out touched phelps. Can’t they just be appreciate lochte’s greatness, and his rivalry with phelps?
Those were Korean commentators and they sounded disappointed cause Biedermann out touched Park I think
@@michaelkohl1080 I think they react to Park too
This is amazing! Thank you for taking the time to do this ❤
Excellent job putting these videos together!
Thank you, my pleasure!
4:56 Phelps's time lol
In the last 200 IM race phelps had such a fast finish because that was when he started testing out dolphin kicks at the end of the race. He didnt stick with it to Rio though, interesting idea.
fine channel Sean, well done
They made each other a better swimmer. Without Ryan’s pushes, Michael would not have succeeded like he was. Brilliant partnership.
Lochte was a monster between imortals......he was amazing if not for a phenom like Phelps he could have had a much better results in his carreer he got 2 in a lot of olympics races to Phelps
Park Tae Hwan went from Korean hero to a disgrace. You can see by the Korean commentators just how much Park meant for Korean swimming until he blew it.
Why? Was he doping?
Yes and no. His Wikipedia page explains it and basically says it was due to corruption with Korean sports.
realy love your content. Can't wait to get back in the water.
Thanks! 💪 hope everything settles down soon :)
Who is the 2nd best swimmer of all time? Lochte or Thorpe?
We all know Phelps was the better swimmer 🤷🏻♂️
Of course. Without a words... but i love ryan bigger than michael.
Well yea... His underwaters are really strong, his turns are fast, and his free and fly are amazing, Lochte is a really good breastroker, and a lot like me, he catches up to people ahead of him with his breastroke and he stays there, even pulling ahead with it. Either way they're both really good but Phelps just has the upper hand.
Not a all
@@patricksweeney5308 i think phelps’ 23 olympic gold medals speak for themselves. no chance thorpe is better. not even close
@@patricksweeney5308, are you kidding, right?
In 13:57 you swapped the backstroke splits😬😅
Yea, my bad haha
Thanks for the video. 👏👏😀🏊🏊🏊
Can you do Kathleen baker vs regan smith?
I'd love to although it'd probably be better to wait a bit as I'm sure those two will put up some more great races in the future ;)
OhSean Swims ok awesome! Tysm
Watch and make a video of Lochte in 2020 US Olympic Trials
You should make a video about eamon sullivan
great video! i think 200im at 2016 trials was interesting. why didnt u choose it?
Thanks for asking! It was no doubt an interesting race but I felt like there was nothing special or significant about it apart from the fact that both Phelps and Lochte qualified to their 4th 200m IM in the Olympics.
Race number one lochte’s 100m should be swapped with phelps’ 100m time but great vid
thanks for the comment and support! which video has the time swapped?
OhSean Swims no problem! shanghai worlds champs 2011
yes, that is true! thanks for spotting that :)
Really they were pushing each other . Think it's very healthy that they had a rivalry that meant records were broken
既生瑜 何生亮！Both are great 👍
19:06 damm Phelps was rly hungry for that win
agreed! definitely quite unusual to see him finish a race that aggressively
Lochte holds the WR and top 2 times in the 200m IM
I think that's enough said
Enough said for what?
400 im London?
Alvaro Mansilla phelps got killed and had a terrible race, he finished 4th
1.54.00 stands still?
Yes
Awesome video
Thanks!
What is it IM?
individual medley which is a race of swimming four equal lengths of each stroke. for instance in the 200 IM, a swimmer would swim 50m of butterfly, 50m of backstroke, 50m of breaststroke, and 50m of freestyle.
Lochte would likely be considered the best swimmer of all time had he not been constantly racing Phelps. Without Phelps around, he’d have dominated everyone else like Phelps dominated everyone, including him.
hahah i was so focused on the commentators in the korean clip that i forgot the video was about phelps and lochte
Phelps underwater is the key of his success ❤❤❤
Great content
thanks for the support! 💪💪
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The americans are soo good. That they are competing against each other.
These two are legends are n swimming. What a race. It’s like Ronaldo and messi
Phelps was depressed and out of focus during 2011 and 2012 and offcourse Lochte continued to train hard,, that's why he beat him. By 2016 Mike was back again killing everyone.
Lochte 🙏 Blessings
orgullo descendiente de Madre cubana 💯
Very good video🏊♂️❤️
Glad you enjoyed 💪
wy its 20 min
I love the tunisian swimer name malouli
2012 Olympic trials 200 im was their best race
I wouldn't want to be the other people racing against Lochte and Phelps.
How no one speaks about Lochte doping
Wanna laugh? Active the english subtitles in 3:02 until 5:05
🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
Number 3 is legendary
Korean is my new favourite language now. Amazing.
13:07 "Майкл уже не тот" 😂
Ну ну
13:07 "Michael is not the same anymore" 😂
If Phelps wasn't here it would be Lochte vs Cseh
I agree! Cseh was such a great swimmer but was overshadowed by Phelps and would've won several Olympic golds if it wasn't for him.
I like how Phelps finally improved his breaststroke in the last race. Prolly put some hard work in it to finally fix it!
Phelps is the best swimmer im the world 🏊🏻♂️🏊🏻♂️🥇🏆
Lochte underrated
Phelps is still better though by a far shot
"breathing the wrong way" - what?
Phelps is and always will be the best of all time
Never say never. Sure it's extremely improbable that someone will surpass his epic career but it's not impossible. If 1 person can do, so can another
u doublejointed son of a god!
when lochte was a serious guy ...
Oh give me a break! Phelps all the way.
Ryan Lochte lost all respect for lying about being robbed in Rio and destroying property, so no matter how skilled he is in swimming, he’s a loser in life. The better man wins as a respectable man, and that’s why Michael Phelps is still relevant and Lochte is just about forgotten and forever thought of as that guy who lied and destroyed property in another country while representing America.
Yeah cus michael have never had issues and done controversial things. Biased.
Ryan looks better :)
Lochte was good but when it comes to the biggest stage (Olympics) he just can't beat Phelps
Lemme guess Lochte fanboy?
Tired of hearing about Phelps. Sprinting is much more spectacular
JESUS CHRIST DIED FOR OUR SINS
White America's finest 👏🏻👏🏻
Lochte is a big mess! He should be ashamed of what he did in Rio!
This makes me learn lmaoooo
goats