Ryan Lochte’s bid to make a fifth Games ended in an emotional 200m medley defeat.

Will he last longer in there than the 10 days he was Trump’s communications director?

Ryan Lochte remains hopeful of competing at Tokyo 2020.

The US swimmer has been suspended over ‘use of a prohibited method’.

Ryan Lochte was at the centre of a scandal during the Rio Games last year.

The Olympic swimmer said he hit his lowest point in the wake of the controversy.

Carter Lochte just turned 8… for the third year in a row.

The controversial swimmer was making his debut on the show.

The 32-year-old has to serve 20 hours of community service and will not receive a monthly salary for the duration of the suspension.

Lochte and three other American swimmers made false allegations of being robbed at gunpoint on a night out at the Olympics.

The story was a major embarrassment for Team USA at the Rio games.

The US swimmer has held his hands up and admitted the story was made up.

The 12-time medal winner claimed he was robbed at gunpoint.

So much asparagus.

The world record holder lived up to his billing in the 200 metre IM.

Hey, he’s got 11 Olympic medals. Stop hatin’.

‘When you think of America, you think of hot-dogs’.

Michael Jackson’s teenage son Prince Michael Jackson is the latest… Shame the show has just been axed.

From Lady Gaga hanging out with Julian Assange to Tupac Shakur’s Coachella performance, here’s our shortlist of the stranger celebrity and political encounters of the year.

American swimmer reveals why he always gives his medals away.

The American star finished with a time of 50.71sec in the men’s 100m individual medley semi-finals.

The 11-time Olympic medallist secured a time of 49.63 seconds en route to a fourth consecutive gold medal

It’s not all about healthy living, according to this lot.

Plus: how it might look if he took up the invitation.

In other news, human civilisation has reached its quota of “crown jewels” jokes.

In other news, Usain Bolt and Bill Clinton raced each other to Tescos.

Memorising lines… and trying to, like… say them.

10 athletes — including the likes of Michael Phelps, diver Tom Daley, and Malaysian badminton player Lee Chong Wei – garnered more than 1 million Tweets each.

A bottle of Hennessy costs HOW MUCH?

The best a man can get.

“Wind yer neck in Kate, it’s only five golds for Team GB, not 10.”