Olympics: Rooting for the underdog tonight...

I'm just gonna go ahead and say it: I'm rooting against Michael Phelps tonight in the finals of the 200 inividual medley.

I'm not being anti-American or anything, it's just that I have really taken a liking to his U.S. teamate Ryan Lochte and would love to see Ryan take an individual gold at this Olympics.

If Ryan can win, he would spoil Phelps' mission to surpass the seven achieved by Mark Spitz in 1972. He has five so far. Last night, each won their respective semifinal but Ryan had an 0.01 second advantage over Phelps in terms of time. This one-two finish means they swim next to each other in the middle lanes in tonight's showdown.

Ryan also reached the 200 backstroke final and said: "Those (races) are tiring, but this is what I train for."