Anthony Ervin

Kinda got run over by the remarkably good performance by Michael Phelps, but Ervin's story is a good one and shows just how you can fake a 50!  Ryan Lochte got destroyed in the 4 IM at trials, but the 50 is a different beast.  That pure sprinting ability hangs around longer than anything else, and if Ervin can win the Olympic gold at 35, all those swimmers out there who haven't been grinding out the yardage should still be able to fake it on race day for that lap or two...