This week, Ryan Lochte‘s six-year-old son Caiden Lochte got his feet wet. Caiden, the oldest of Lochte’s three children, took part in an event at the University of Florida pool. Lochte marked the occasion on his Instagram, captioning the post “like father, like son…maybe, maybe not.”
Caiden’s been practicing with a team at the Florida pool recently, and this is far from the first time that Lochte’s hinted that there might be another swimmer in his house. Back in January, Lochte posted a video on Instagram of Caiden swimming butterfly for the first time at the family’s home. In that caption he wrote, “do we have a swimmer on our hands?”
Caiden is still young, but for now, the answer appears to be ‘yes’, there is another swimmer in the house. It’s certainly too soon to make any comparisons to his Olympian and world record holder father, but a love for the pool is clearly something that Lochte and his eldest child share.
Caiden is the eldest of Lochte’s three children. Liv is four years old, and Georgia was born two months ago in June.
Let’s not load this poor kid up with ridiculous expectations. The chances of him being anywhere near as good as Ryan are remote. Let him be little. Let his career be whatever it is without constantly comparing it to his dad’s.
Cute. 😊 Maybe a future olympic champion like Dad ? For the Miami Olympic Games in 2040 ? He will be 23. 😊
I’m so happy for the family and I hope that if the kid wants to swim he has a career just as successful or even better then his father’s. I just hope that pressure of expectations for him to swim and be great like his dad doesn’t overly pressure him or overwhelm him. If he really wants to swim when he gets older I’m sure he will be great and could possibly be another big name to watch, who knows?
Unlikely he becomes one of the best swimmers ever, but hopefully he enjoys the sport.
I agree. It will be interesting to see how the children of these top swimmers get on.
It always interested me that Andre Agassi & Steffi Graf’s children did not choose tennis.
It tells me Steffi & Andre are supportive parents that allowed their kids to choose the sports that the kids were most interested in.
Indeed, it does.