Making waves: Ryan Lochte on his way to gold medal success Photo: GETTY IMAGES. Click on the image to enlarge
Take that Fidel, take that Raul, you rat bastards…. this is what the “historic exile” is all about.
Carlos Eire
Babalú Blog
7/28/2012
The 6-time Olympic medalist credits his Cuban mom, Ileana “Ike” Lochte, for his success
He is on the cover of Vogue magazine, has commercials for Speedo, Gillette, and Ralph Lauren – and just happens to be one of the best swimmers in the world.
Florida’s own Ryan Lochte seems to be on top of the world, and the London 2012 Olympic Games are next on his list to conquer.
Lochte, who grew up in Central Florida, credits his Cuban mom for where he is today.
“And every time I hear it, I cry, because you work so hard to get your kids to fulfill their goals, and sometimes they don’t realize it until they’re older, and now he’s realizing how much we’ve given up,” says his mother, Ileana “Ike” Lochte.
She was born in Havana, and her family moved to Miami when she was 7, later growing up in New York. Ike returned to attend the University of Miami, where she met her husband Steve…
…“When he won the gold medal, the individual gold medal, and all I could think about what was my parents went through and how he’s there representing the United States, and my parents wanted us to be there so badly, to be in the United States,” she says. “And to see him up there with the American flag, it was great.”
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Ryan Lochte was barred from wearing his red, white and blue grill on the medal stand
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NBC Edits Out Tribute To Victims Of Islamic Terrorism
If you are watching the Olympics in the States, there’s a part of the opening ceremony NBC chose to leave out. While the Olympic Committee opted not to have a moment of silence for the Israeli athletes murdered in 1972, they did have a tribute for the victims of the 7/7 Islamic terrorist attacks.
The tribute included the Christian hymn, “Abide With Me” performed by Scottish singer Emeli Sandé. NBC opted not to air it…
The article continues with the edited video at The Jawa Report.
H/T Blazing Cat Fur
Update: Chinese swimmers make history.
Update 2: What the IOC teaches us
