{"id":2451,"date":"2013-11-08T16:33:16","date_gmt":"2013-11-08T16:33:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.sportsspeakers360.com\/blog\/?p=2451"},"modified":"2021-08-14T17:04:50","modified_gmt":"2021-08-14T17:04:50","slug":"ryan-lochte-suffers-knee-injury-caused-by-overzealous-fan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sportsspeakers360.com\/blog\/ryan-lochte-suffers-knee-injury-caused-by-overzealous-fan","title":{"rendered":"Ryan Lochte Suffers Knee Injury Caused by Overzealous Fan"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Five-time gold medalist , Ryan Lochte, was literally swept off his feet, after a run in with an excited teenage fan. As a result, he has been forced to stop training after suffering a serious knee injury, courtesy of an overzealous female fan, who literally ran over the Olympic gold medalist, causing him to lose his balance.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_2467\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2467\" style=\"width: 500px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2467 \" alt=\"Photo shows Olympic gold medalist, Ryan Lochte speaking, in an interview.\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sportsspeakers360.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/ryan-lochte-knee-injury.jpg\" width=\"500\" height=\"327\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.sportsspeakers360.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/ryan-lochte-knee-injury.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.sportsspeakers360.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/ryan-lochte-knee-injury-300x196.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2467\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo shows Olympic gold medalist, Ryan Lochte, speaking in an earlier interview.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><!--more-->Janice Lee,\u00a0Lochte&#8217;s representative, released a statement:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cAs a result of a freak injury caused by an unexpected fan encounter Ryan has suffered a torn MCL and an ACL sprain and will be taking a break from training and competition. His medical team expects him to make a full and speedy recovery and Ryan thanks everyone for their well wishes.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<div class=\"video\"><object width=\"512\" height=\"304\" classid=\"clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000\" codebase=\"http:\/\/download.macromedia.com\/pub\/shockwave\/cabs\/flash\/swflash.cab#version=6,0,40,0\"><param name=\"allowFullScreen\" value=\"true\" \/><param name=\"allowscriptaccess\" value=\"always\" \/><param name=\"src\" value=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/l9F0zt_IV-c?version=3&amp;hl=en_US&amp;rel=0\" \/><param name=\"allowfullscreen\" value=\"true\" \/><\/object><\/div>\n<p>Ryan Lochte is an eleven-time Olympic medalist (five gold, three silver, three bronze). His seven individual Olympic medals rank as second all-time in men&#8217;s swimming. If you would like to book athletes like <a href=\"\/speaker\/ryan-lochte.php\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Ryan Lochte<\/a> for an event, contact Sports Speakers 360&#8217;s booking agent for appearance &amp; speaker fees or call 1.855.303.5450.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Five-time gold medalist , Ryan Lochte, was literally swept off his feet, after a run in with an excited teenage fan. 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