With history about to slip away and Michael Phelps cheering him on, Jason Lezak pulled up next to the lane rope and set out after hulking Alain Bernard, like a NASCAR driver drafting down the ...

PARIS — The men’s 4x100-meter freestyle relay world record is one of swimming’s oldest, and it could go down Saturday. The world record dates back to the 2008 Beijing Olympics when American Jason ...

BEIJING — Michael Phelps’ eight-gold quest came down to relying on the oldest man on the U.S. swimming team beating the boldest on the French squad. And in a race for the ages, Jason Lezak did just ...

RIO de JANEIRO – Of all the images from Michael Phelps’ storied career, perhaps none is as visceral – as open and truthfully honest – as the shot from the finish of the men’s 4x100m freestyle relay at ...

Lezak dove in for the last lap of the 400-meter freestyle relay second to world-record holder Alain Bernard of France. He was still trailing with about 20 meters to go, but somehow zoomed to the wall ...

MELBOURNE, Australia, March 31. THE relay names were just announced for the preliminaries of the 400 medley relay and Ian Crocker has been listed for the butterfly leg. That means Michael Phelps will ...