Ryan Lochte: Freestyle Qualifier!

Ryan Lochte keeps making us proud – he qualified for the 200 meter freestyle race at the 2012 Summer Olympics during the preliminary round on Sunday (July 29) at the Aquatics Centre in London, England.

The 27-year-old swimming star earned the USA’s first gold medal of the 2012 Games yesterday in the 400 meter individual medley race!

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Ryan came in second in the qualifying round, finishing after China’s Sun Yang. He doesn’t sound too worried, though – “I didn’t get to bed until like 2 a.m. so I’m a little tired, but it was a prelims swim, so I’m not too worried about it,” he told a CBS reporter.