Ryan Lochte Photo credit: Beijing2008.cn/Xinhua
Ryan Lochte has pocketed his first gold medal on 2008 Beijing Olympic Games in the morning of August 15. He won the Men's 200m Backstroke event at the National Aquatics Center in Beijing. His 1:53.94 broke the previous world record which was shared by Lochte himself and teammate Aaron Peirsol. In the following 200 m individual medley event, Ryan Lochte failed to block another teammate Michael Phelps to win his sixth gold medal on the Games, only bagging in a bronze medal.