Ryan Lochte fades as France wins 400 relay gold

LONDON - The days when all that is Michael Phelps touched turned into gold, is now officially gone.

London Olympics on Sunday, has done everything possible to win, but suffered their second defeat in three days, when the U.S. team played and lost.

In an extraordinary reverse of fortune, France won the final of the U.S. 4x100 meters men's freestyle, coming from a seemingly hopeless position to win gold at the end of a stroke.

Four years ago, Phelps won a record eight gold medals in Beijing, including the transfer of men, when Alain Bernard Jason Lezak famous cut in the previous round.

This time, it was the French who first put his hands on the wall when Yannick Agnel has unleashed an incredible anchor leg to bring up Ryan Lochte, who was named the U.S. team for the final ahead of Lezak and other sprint specialists who participated in the playoffs.

Dana Vollmer ended a life of frustration and serious battles with his health to win the 100 butterfly gold and break another world record for the seemingly untouchable set in the 2009 World Championships in Rome at the height Body of disputes.

Muffat had to use all their reserves of strength to win eight laps of the race, as Schmitt, who trains with Phelps in Baltimore, I desperately tried to take it just to finish with the silver medal.

British Rebecca Adlington, the Beijing champion, finished strongly to get the bronze medal, giving the house of the nation, in his first Olympic Aquatic Centre in London on an exciting night that saw two world records.

The American, who used to bring a defibrillator for their careers because of a heart condition, swam like a woman possessed, feeding victory in 55.98 seconds, chopping 0.08 the previous mark set by Sarah Sjöström Sweden.

France has won a second gold medal at the expense of the United States on Sunday, when Camille Muffat fought a fierce challenge by Allison Schmitt won the 400 meters freestyle final in four minutes, 01:45 seconds.

Phelps and Lochte will not compete in the 100 freestyle at the U.S. trials, but were fast track to the squad for the final, although he had some doubts about both.

Phelps finished off the podium on Saturday in the individual 400 meters combined, won by Lochte, who does not usually swim in the sprint relay team and had to return within an hour after competing in the semifinals of 200 free.