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Lochte, 32, has won six gold, three silver and three bronze medals in four Olympic Games. Only Phelps, with 25 medals (21 gold, two silver and two bronze) has more.<\/p>\n<p>Four of the six gold medals have come as part of the American 800 free relay team. Lochte has amazingly been on the U.S. quarter that has swum in the finals at every Olympics, World Championships and Pan Pacs for the past 13 years, going back to the 2004 Olympics in Athens.<\/p>\n<p>In that race in Athens,\u00a0<strong>Klete Keller<\/strong> memorably held off Australia&#8217;s\u00a0<strong>Ian Thorpe\u00a0<\/strong>at the very end to start a U.S. win streak that lasted until last summer&#8217;s World Championships, when a depleted American squad fell to Great Britain and a charging\u00a0<strong>James Guy\u00a0<\/strong>on the anchor leg.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We just wanted to keep the tradition alive,&#8221; Lochte said. &#8220;Everyone did their part, but we couldn\u2019t have done it without those three other guys this morning to really get us going and get us a good lane for tonight. We owe it to them. 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