Michael Phelps and Ryan Lochte renew their rivalry at next week's
U.S. Olympic trials, where both swimmers could face each other in six
events.
They'll open the eight-day meet in Omaha, Neb., on Monday
in the 400-meter individual medley, a grueling event that Phelps had
said he wasn't going to swim anymore after the 2008 Olympics, where he
won a record eight gold medals. He holds the world record in the event.
Their
other events against each other will be the 100 and 200 freestyle, 200
backstroke, 200 IM and 100 butterfly. Phelps is entered in the 200
butterfly as one of his seven events.
Lochte is entered in a total
of 11 events, including the 50 free, 100 breaststroke, 200 fly and 400
free, but is unlikely to swim all of them. Swimmers can scratch out of
an event up until the end of finals the day before their scheduled
event.
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