US swimming heartthrob Ryan Lochte caused a stir on Twitter by offering to personally call up one of his most loyal of fans for a chat. | WPN World People News

The six-time Olympic medalist is expected to feature in one of London 2012’s most anticipated showdowns, a head-to-head contest with compatriot Michael Phelps in the 200m and 400m individual medley events.

Olympians get down and social with their fans

Lochte, recently voted ESPN’s “most awesome body in sport”, seemed to have a tough time deciding which member of his besotted fan-base to get in touch with.

“I am going to randomly choose someone to call. I think I need some fan support today to keep me going!!!” he tweeted. “You guys are great. HMMMM who am I going to call?????”

Lochte settled on dedicated follower @jeahlochte, named in reference to the laid-backed star’s trademark response of “Jeah!”

“It was so amazing i can't even explain it [sic],” she tweeted. “i just asked him some questions and gave him support for London [sic].” She added that Lochte said he “was really tired”.

Using social media to interact with fans is fast becoming the norm for Olympians in the run-up to the Games.

Great Britain’s men’s rowing quad held a live Q&A to openly discuss training advice, their early careers and post-Olympic plans.

However, teammate Alan Campbell joined in the questioning by asking such oddities as: “if you were a shoe what type of shoe would you be?”

“Easy,” the men retorted, “we [would] definitely be a genuine cowboy boot, without the spurs. I[t] would be the shoe for all occasions.”

Source : International Olympic