Look! Ryan Lochte Covers Nirvana's Classic Nevermind Album Cover

Olympic heartthrob dives into recreating a pool-perfect tribute to one of his favorite bands

By Josh Grossberg Feb 06, 2013 10:17 PMTags
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Forget team spirit. Ryan Lochte has "Teen Spirit."

The Olympic gold medalist and soon-to-be E! reality star stripped down to his Speedo for a near-perfect recreation of Nirvana's seminal album cover for Nevermind for ESPN The Magazine's forthcoming music issue.

Of course, we say "near-perfect" because unlike the baby boy grasping for the dollar bill in the original iconic photograph, Ryan didn't actually go completely au naturel for the, um, spread (sorry, ladies).

The ESPN feature with Lochte hits newsstands on Feb. 8 while the swim champion's new docu-series, What Would Ryan Lochte Do?, premieres on E! in April.