Name: Ryan Lochte
Country: USA
Sport: Swimming
Age: 27
Why He’s a Gold Medal Hottie: USA Today described him as “the man Phelps used to leave in his wake.” But during the Olympic trials’ 400-meter individual medley, Lochte gave Phelps a taste of his own wake in what became the fastest time in the world this year–4:07.06. Yet even with all the Lochte-Phelps hype, the six-time Olympic medal winner is not about to peg anyone as his arch nemesis: “I don’t think like that. It’s everyone else that thinks like that,” he says. Talk about being above the competition!
