Lochte and Prince have 3 a.m. race in Vegas

By Chris Chase, USA TODAY

Posted August 21, 2012

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Shirtless Prince Harry (L) and Ryan Lochte prepare for breaststroke race in a crowded Las Vegas Pool. (Credit: Via New York Daily News)

Ryan Lochte and Prince Harry partied together in a Las Vegas pool on Monday. One of them was shirtless. It wasn't the one you think.

According to the New York Daily News, the American swimming star and British royal were seen at Wynn Hotel's XS pool around 3 a.m. on Monday taking part in an impromptu breaststroke race while being watched by a handful of bikini-clad partygoers.

Lochte was wearing a T-shirt, like a chubby kid on his first day of swim practice. Prince Harry was shirtless in jeans, like he was posing for the cover of a romance novel. Consider the rarity of this sight:

Thus, the odds of a shirt-wearing Lochte and a shirtless Prince Harry in jeans swimming together at 3 a.m. at a Las Vegas night club are approximately 0.00014%, or about the same odds as Lochte's "jeah" catchphrase replacing "E Pluribus Unim" on our national currency.

Prince Harry raced Usain Bolt on a Jamaican track earlier this year. Just like in Vegas, he cheated to get a head start. All that's left is a balance-beam battle with GabbyDouglas and Harry will have an Olympic trifecta.

Also, Prince Harry? I wouldn't stand too close to Lochte, if you catch my drift.