Omaha, Nebraska (AP) – Ryan Rochette was the last person to climb out of the pool after beating just another swimmer.

In the arduous 200-meter individual medley event, he worked hard to get himself out of the water. There is no doubt that after trying to recreate an Olympic team, he felt all of his 36 years.

In the end, he did not approach.

There is no chance of redemption in Tokyo.

After embarrassing himself in Rio de Janeiro five years ago, Locht finished seventh in the 200 IM in the US Swimming Trials on Friday night, ending his bid for the fifth Olympic Games.

The competition that young people participate in requires one lap of each of the four strokes of swimming.

This is what Lochte does not have.

Michael Andrew, 14 years younger than him, maintained a freestyle victory with a world record speed in the first three laps, winning 1 minute 55.44 seconds.

Chase Kalisz has won 400 medleys in these trials. He won another Olympic event in 1 minute and 56.97 seconds.

Lochte was far behind and touched the ball with 1:59.67. This is nearly 6 seconds away from the world record he still holds, and the time of the 2011 World Championships, which was the golden age of his brilliant career, is 1:54.00.

A tearful Lochte would not say His swimming days are over.

But this is undoubtedly his last realistic shot in the Olympics. Although it is only three years before the Paris Olympics, Locht will celebrate his 40th birthday when France takes over the hosting duties.

“I really want to join this Olympic team,” Locht said. “This is probably the most important swimming competition in my entire career, and it means a lot to me. So failing and feeling that I let everyone down is one of the hardest things.”

As a medalist at the 12 Olympic Games, not to mention the 27 medals at the World Championships, Rochette seemed to realize that his pranks five years ago had a great impact on his legacy.

After spending a noisy night with a few young teammates in Rio de Janeiro, Locht lied that he had been robbed at gunpoint. His story soon broke down, revealing that a swimmer’s life was out of control.

Locht arrives in Omaha Insisted that he had turned things around. He is now married and has two young children, and they all cheer for him by the pool.

Holding his daughter makes the sting of failure easier to accept.

“My family is there,” Locht said. “My kids have to watch their dad swim, so this means everything to me.”

Everyone in the game felt the importance of this moment. Caliz waited by the pool to extend a hug. Andrew did the same.

Even Locht’s long-time competitor Michael Phelps, who retired after the 2016 Rio Olympics, walked down from the stands to embrace Locht.

“He is a legend in the water,” Andrew said. “He did some incredible things. Sharing a swimming pool with him is always an honor.”

Initially participated in six games, Lotchet gave up most of them, and went all out to participate in 200 IM-this was the only game he had a chance to qualify.

He advanced to the final,

This is where the age finally catches up with him.

“I still want to participate in the competition, but as for another Olympic trials, I don’t know,” Locht said. “I will be (almost) 40 years old. This is what drives it.”

In other events, Ryan Murphy won 200 backstrokes and won 100 backstrokes, while Abby Weitzel won the 100th freestyle After defending Olympic champion Simone Manuel, the previous night’s semi-finals shockingly failed to qualify.

Lilly King also booked the second game in Tokyo, even though she didn’t make it through first. The outspoken American was runner-up in 200 breaststroke competitions and touched a wall close to three-quarters of a second behind Annie Lazor.

The king had previously obtained 100 breasts.

Caleb Drexel, who is expected to succeed Phelps and Lochet as the star of the American men’s team, looked unbeatable in the 100 butterfly semifinals. He led with a score of 49.76, and no one else broke the 50-second barrier.

Murphy is ready to win backstroke doubles again in Japan, leading the entire game to a victory time of 1:54.20.

The 25-year-old Florida native trained in California and swept two games at the Rio Olympics. American men have not lost the backstroke competition At the Olympic Games held in Barcelona since 1992.

“Obviously, I want to get in there and win. I am as competitive as anyone,” Murphy said. “But it won’t make or break my life.”

Bryce Mefford came in behind Murphy with 1 minute 54.79 seconds and may be second. No one else was within one second of the top two.

Lazor just missed the 100th place and ranked third in the game dominated by King.

But the 26-year-old Michigan native won her first Olympic trip in a longer breaststroke competition.

Lazor’s winning time It was 2:21.07, a comfortable distance ahead of King 2:21.75.

The king gave Razo a big hug across the lane rope.

“This is the American team,” King said. “Not Team Lily.”

Wetzel’s winning time in 100 free games was 53.53, and Erica Brown finished second in the Tokyo team with a score of 53.59. Olivia Smoliga (53.63) and Natalie Hinds (53.84) finished third and fourth in the 4×100 free relay.

Heinz became the first black swimmer to be selected for the Olympic team. Given Manuel’s struggle with overtraining syndrome, this is a particularly sad moment.

“I really sympathize with Simone, and hope she can get better,” Heinz said, “because we definitely want to see her in Tokyo.”