kevin, thank you. and you can see the phelps lochte showdown beginning at 8:00 p.m., 7:00 central. and when you watch the race tonight here on nbc, you ll be hearing the call of dan hicks of nbc sports. he s with us tonight. dan, this has a mighty casey aspect about it. though you in the trade, you guys who follow swimming year-round, knew lochte to be number one in the sport. it still is going to come as quite a drama to the folks joining us and watching this tonight. absolutely, brian. this is one race the 400 im, the most grueling of the races. and essentialological amichael phelps didn t start training seriously until a few months ago. lochte has been considered the best swimmer in the world for quite some time now. everybody s used to phelps winning gold medals, let alone off the podium. it was pretty surreal. and dan, the two will meet again, i understand, thursday. both of them have individual races, and a lot of them in the days to come? they will. they
good evening from london. while we try to be sensitive about spoiler alerts for our viewers who like to watch the olympic games in prime time here on nbc and let the story play out, the news we begin with here tonight has already rocketed all the way around the world. it has to do with the biggest name on team usa and what may end up being the most eventful moment of at least the early going here in london. michael phelps got crushed in the pool today by ryan lochte, and while lochte has been considered the best swimmer in the world for some time now, and tonight has a gold medal around his neck to show for it, it was something else entirely to watch michael phelps finish fourth out of medal contention in the 400 meter individual medley. what a dramatic start to these games following last night s dramatic opening ceremony, chit turns out was seen by 40 plus million americans, making it the most watched of any of the summer olympics opening ceremonies. nbc s kevin tibbles i
good evening from london. while we try to be sensitive about spoiler alerts for our viewers who like to watch the olympic games in prime time here on nbc and let the story play out, the news we begin with here tonight has already rocketed all the way around the world. it has to do with the biggest name on team usa and what may end up being the most eventful moment of at least the early going here in london. michael phelps got crushed in the pool today by ryan lochte, and while lochte has been considered the best swimmer in the world for some time now, and tonight has a gold medal around his neck to show for it, it was something else entirely to watch michael phelps finish fourth out of medal contention in the 400 meter individual medley. what a dramatic start to these games following last night s dramatic opening ceremony, chit turns out was seen by 40 plus million americans, making it the most watched of any of the summer olympics opening ceremonies. nbc s kevin tibbles i