The term you’re yearning for is vengeance satisfaisante.That’s how you’d say “sweet revenge” in French.
Or, if you like, Le karma est un fiasco.
It took one among the foremost explosive anchor legs in Olympic history to catch the U.S. quartet within the 4x100-meter freestyle relay, however the French team reversed the miracle end by Jason Lezak within the same event at Beijing to steal the gold Sunday night, when Yannick Agnel overcame a sizeable deficit to beat Ryan Lochte to the wall.
But the fashionable Jersey guy, who had to accept a silver medal — four years once he and Lezak helped set the globe record and defeated the French on the strength of Lezak’s historic forty six.06 anchor — continues to be getting to mark this down as a reasonably sensible day.
“It’s a tough loss, however i do know we have a tendency to all swam to our greatest capabilities,” said Cullen Jones, who helped the us maintain an honest lead with a robust third leg. “All people swam sensible times, faster than we have a tendency to even expected. Since I checked out my Twitter, we have a tendency to created everybody happy. we have a tendency to created everybody proud.”
Whether Lochte agrees is unclear, as he wasn’t created offered to the media once the medals were awarded. Though it had been his third race of the day, he swam a solid forty seven.74, however it wasn’t nearly enough to carry off Agnel’s turbocharged forty six.74.
“You never grasp what’s doable — relays are relays, and folks get jacked up for relays, and swim out of their minds,” said Jones, who had a forty seven.60 himself. “For me, a 47.6 is maybe precisely where i want to be, where i want to line up for the a hundred freestyle.
“But I don’t grasp what goes through the mind of a forty six.7. It’s invariably doable, particularly within the relay.”
This is conjointly what’s possible: A team will lead a race for roughly 3 minutes, nonetheless still lose to the team that wins the gold in 3:09.93.
In fact, till Lochte hit the pool, the U.S. team was during a dream flow.
Nathan Adrian place the us in front fairly comfortably, his 47.89 split giving him the sting on the gunner everybody was worried concerning, James Magnussen of Australia (48.03). once the primary a hundred meters, France was third.
Then it had been Michael Phelps’ flip, and for a bloke who was coming back off one among the worst nights of his international career, he over absolved himself. He routed the sector, gap up a body-length lead at one purpose, and handing Jones a lead that was over three-quarters of a second (0.76) because the relay hit its midpoint.
It was Lochte who really saw that coming back. simply twenty four hours earlier, once his own win within the 400-meter IM, he said of Phelps, “Tell you this, successive race he’s in he’s getting to lightweight it up.”
Phelps’ 47.50 split was the fastest within the pool over the primary 3 legs. He even looked to a small degree ticked off as he was doing it, in fact.
“I felt lots higher these days than yesterday — i used to be ready to place yesterday behind me,” Phelps told a press attache.
“He said ‘I simply ought to recover from last night’s swim, and a relay’s an honest thanks to do this,’?” Jones relayed. “We all knew Michael was getting to improve and do what he will best.”
En route, Fabian Gilot of France was serving to disarm the WMDs (What Major Duds), because the Aussies slipped to 3rd and were sinking quick.
Jones’ leg came next, and also the Irvington product gave an honest account of himself. Indeed, the Americans were still on a world record pace halfway though his lap (he had the most effective 50-meter time within the entire race, at 22.07), however Frenchman Clement Lefert gained on Jones over the last thirty five meters.
So when Lochte took the plunge, he had a 0.55-second cushion. He stayed in front halfway through his lap, however Agnel thrashed his well past him within the last twenty meters, changing into the sole swimmer to swim a sub-47 during this event.
Ultimately, France stopped the clock at 3:09.93 to the Americans’ 3:10.38. Russia won bronze in 3:11.41.
Lochte failed to create himself offered to the media, however told a swim team publicist, “We are the four best guys. we have a tendency to went out there to win, however we have a tendency to came up short.”
Both Adrian and Jones came to their teammate’s defense, and it had been unwavering.
“Ryan’s like several of us: He doesn’t prefer to lose. None people do,” Adrian said. “He’s our teammate, there’s not a way of anger, there’s a way of, ‘Hey, you place yourself on the road for us, simply as we have a tendency to did for you, and sadly we have a tendency to came up short this point.’ I’m positive Ryan’s pushing for vengeance within the two hundred free (today).”
“He swam a forty seven.7. That’s an incredible race,” Jones said of Lochte. “Ryan, who usually doesn’t swim a hundred freestyle, swam out of his mind. therefore it had been an excellent race.
“You can’t predict a forty six — you simply can’t. You couldn’t predict Jason’s 46-oh in 2008. Ryan, i do know he’s the kind of person who’s getting to be on himself till successive Olympics. I already told him, ‘You simply have to be compelled to recover from that, it’s okay — we have a tendency to swam awesome.’
Or, if you like, Le karma est un fiasco.
It took one among the foremost explosive anchor legs in Olympic history to catch the U.S. quartet within the 4x100-meter freestyle relay, however the French team reversed the miracle end by Jason Lezak within the same event at Beijing to steal the gold Sunday night, when Yannick Agnel overcame a sizeable deficit to beat Ryan Lochte to the wall.
But the fashionable Jersey guy, who had to accept a silver medal — four years once he and Lezak helped set the globe record and defeated the French on the strength of Lezak’s historic forty six.06 anchor — continues to be getting to mark this down as a reasonably sensible day.
“It’s a tough loss, however i do know we have a tendency to all swam to our greatest capabilities,” said Cullen Jones, who helped the us maintain an honest lead with a robust third leg. “All people swam sensible times, faster than we have a tendency to even expected. Since I checked out my Twitter, we have a tendency to created everybody happy. we have a tendency to created everybody proud.”
Whether Lochte agrees is unclear, as he wasn’t created offered to the media once the medals were awarded. Though it had been his third race of the day, he swam a solid forty seven.74, however it wasn’t nearly enough to carry off Agnel’s turbocharged forty six.74.
“You never grasp what’s doable — relays are relays, and folks get jacked up for relays, and swim out of their minds,” said Jones, who had a forty seven.60 himself. “For me, a 47.6 is maybe precisely where i want to be, where i want to line up for the a hundred freestyle.
“But I don’t grasp what goes through the mind of a forty six.7. It’s invariably doable, particularly within the relay.”
This is conjointly what’s possible: A team will lead a race for roughly 3 minutes, nonetheless still lose to the team that wins the gold in 3:09.93.
In fact, till Lochte hit the pool, the U.S. team was during a dream flow.
Nathan Adrian place the us in front fairly comfortably, his 47.89 split giving him the sting on the gunner everybody was worried concerning, James Magnussen of Australia (48.03). once the primary a hundred meters, France was third.
Then it had been Michael Phelps’ flip, and for a bloke who was coming back off one among the worst nights of his international career, he over absolved himself. He routed the sector, gap up a body-length lead at one purpose, and handing Jones a lead that was over three-quarters of a second (0.76) because the relay hit its midpoint.
It was Lochte who really saw that coming back. simply twenty four hours earlier, once his own win within the 400-meter IM, he said of Phelps, “Tell you this, successive race he’s in he’s getting to lightweight it up.”
Phelps’ 47.50 split was the fastest within the pool over the primary 3 legs. He even looked to a small degree ticked off as he was doing it, in fact.
“I felt lots higher these days than yesterday — i used to be ready to place yesterday behind me,” Phelps told a press attache.
“He said ‘I simply ought to recover from last night’s swim, and a relay’s an honest thanks to do this,’?” Jones relayed. “We all knew Michael was getting to improve and do what he will best.”
En route, Fabian Gilot of France was serving to disarm the WMDs (What Major Duds), because the Aussies slipped to 3rd and were sinking quick.
Jones’ leg came next, and also the Irvington product gave an honest account of himself. Indeed, the Americans were still on a world record pace halfway though his lap (he had the most effective 50-meter time within the entire race, at 22.07), however Frenchman Clement Lefert gained on Jones over the last thirty five meters.
So when Lochte took the plunge, he had a 0.55-second cushion. He stayed in front halfway through his lap, however Agnel thrashed his well past him within the last twenty meters, changing into the sole swimmer to swim a sub-47 during this event.
Ultimately, France stopped the clock at 3:09.93 to the Americans’ 3:10.38. Russia won bronze in 3:11.41.
Lochte failed to create himself offered to the media, however told a swim team publicist, “We are the four best guys. we have a tendency to went out there to win, however we have a tendency to came up short.”
Both Adrian and Jones came to their teammate’s defense, and it had been unwavering.
“Ryan’s like several of us: He doesn’t prefer to lose. None people do,” Adrian said. “He’s our teammate, there’s not a way of anger, there’s a way of, ‘Hey, you place yourself on the road for us, simply as we have a tendency to did for you, and sadly we have a tendency to came up short this point.’ I’m positive Ryan’s pushing for vengeance within the two hundred free (today).”
“He swam a forty seven.7. That’s an incredible race,” Jones said of Lochte. “Ryan, who usually doesn’t swim a hundred freestyle, swam out of his mind. therefore it had been an excellent race.
“You can’t predict a forty six — you simply can’t. You couldn’t predict Jason’s 46-oh in 2008. Ryan, i do know he’s the kind of person who’s getting to be on himself till successive Olympics. I already told him, ‘You simply have to be compelled to recover from that, it’s okay — we have a tendency to swam awesome.’
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