United States' Michael Phelps, left, and United States' Ryan Lochte pose with their medals for the men's 200-meter individual medley swimming final at the Aquatics Centre in the Olympic Park during the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, Thursday, Aug. 2, 201
United States' Michael Phelps, left, and United States' Ryan Lochte pose with their medals for the men's 200-meter individual medley swimming final at the Aquatics Centre in the Olympic Park during the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, Thursday, Aug. 2, 2012. Phelps won gold, Lochte silver. Michael Sohn, Associated Press

By Associated Press

Best avoid the Olympic swimming pool until it's drained after the games: American swimming star Ryan Lochte, who won five medals in London, has admitted to urinating in the pool.

Not during the races, he told U.S. broadcaster Ryan Seacrest — "but I sure did in warmup."

Um ... why? "I think there's just something about getting into chlorine water that you just automatically go."

— Rob Harris — Twitter http://twitter.com/robharris

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