Phelps, Lochte below their best at Indianapolis GP
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March 31, 2012, Saturday
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RYAN Lochte missed two finals, Michael Phelps drew a sharp rebuke from his coach and Nathan Adrian overcame a torn pair of trunks to edge Phelps in the 100-meter freestyle at the Indianapolis Grand Prix on Thursday.
"That's never happened, not even in practice," an embarrassed Adrian said after the win, explaining he heard the snap of the trunks as he was pushing off the starting block.
"It's happened when I walked up to the block before, but not at the start," he added. "I'm comfortable with the butt splitting, but anywhere else and I may have stopped and asked for a towel a little bit sooner."
Adrian won in 48.62 seconds, barely edging Phelps (48.74), who didn't realize what had happened until he saw towels getting thrown in the pool after he finished. But the loss wasn't what irritated coach Bob Bowman - it was Phelps' overall performance.
He qualified seventh in the 100 free, something Bowman attributed to a lack of mental preparation. And even though Phelps rebounded from the second-place finish to win the 100 butterfly in 52.23, Bowman was still concerned about the way Phelps glided into the wall.
"I can't stand those finishes like that. He's got to start making that important," Bowman said. "We're at a point now where the details are important and you can't just keep blowing them off 'til later. It is later."
Phelps, the 14-time Olympic gold medalist, wasn't pleased, either.
Though he won the race, Phelps acknowledged he swam poorly.
"That's never happened, not even in practice," an embarrassed Adrian said after the win, explaining he heard the snap of the trunks as he was pushing off the starting block.
"It's happened when I walked up to the block before, but not at the start," he added. "I'm comfortable with the butt splitting, but anywhere else and I may have stopped and asked for a towel a little bit sooner."
Adrian won in 48.62 seconds, barely edging Phelps (48.74), who didn't realize what had happened until he saw towels getting thrown in the pool after he finished. But the loss wasn't what irritated coach Bob Bowman - it was Phelps' overall performance.
He qualified seventh in the 100 free, something Bowman attributed to a lack of mental preparation. And even though Phelps rebounded from the second-place finish to win the 100 butterfly in 52.23, Bowman was still concerned about the way Phelps glided into the wall.
"I can't stand those finishes like that. He's got to start making that important," Bowman said. "We're at a point now where the details are important and you can't just keep blowing them off 'til later. It is later."
Phelps, the 14-time Olympic gold medalist, wasn't pleased, either.
Though he won the race, Phelps acknowledged he swam poorly.
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