With history about to slip away and Michael Phelps cheering him on, Jason Lezak pulled up next to the lane rope and set out after hulking Alain Bernard, like a NASCAR driver drafting down the ...

PARIS — The men’s 4x100-meter freestyle relay world record is one of swimming’s oldest, and it could go down Saturday. The world record dates back to the 2008 Beijing Olympics when American Jason ...

Lezak dove in for the last lap of the 400-meter freestyle relay second to world-record holder Alain Bernard of France. He was still trailing with about 20 meters to go, but somehow zoomed to the wall ...

BEIJING — Michael Phelps’ eight-gold quest came down to relying on the oldest man on the U.S. swimming team beating the boldest on the French squad. And in a race for the ages, Jason Lezak did just ...

This article was originally on a blog post platform and may be missing photos, graphics or links. See About archive blog posts. BEIJING -- This situation was this: Jason Lezak dived into the water as ...