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July 29, 2012 | | SPOILER Swimmer Ryan Lochte was back in the water on Sunday after beating teammate Michael Phelps to take home the United States’ first gold medal of the 2012 Games. But while the Americans duke it out in the pool, another rival lurks. Meet Austrian Markus Rogan, who guzzles blood before matches and says he’s "10 times as smart." By Robin Arzón. Plus, Simon Schama on the antic, manic, magical, and mischievous opening ceremonies and see photos of Lochte's craziest fashion. SYRIA Rebel forces said that the Syrian military continued to close in on the populous city of Aleppo on Sunday. Tanks and attack helicopters have reportedly encircled parts of the city, mounting raids on areas held by the rebels. President Bashar al-Assad’s forces are weaker than they look, however, said defecting general Mohammad Al-Zobi, who claimed that a paucity of petrol and other supplies may cause the Army’s onslaught to collapse. Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan called for an international response to the assault on Syria’s second-most-important city, which both Assad loyalists and opposition fighters have portrayed as a decisive showdown. EXCLUSIVE Dennis Ross, who had worked with the Obama team since 2008, had the ear of the pro-Israel lobby. Now he’s bowing out of politics, Eli Lake reports, just when Obama needs him most. HEALTH CARE This may hurt. The planned expansion of insurance coverage under the health-care law could mean a shortfall of M.D.s in some parts of the country—and there’s not much we can do in the short term, experts say. But the problem isn’t new. Even without the Affordable Care Act, America was projected to be about 100,000 doctors short by 2025. Health-care experts have said that the new law will exacerbate the “invisible problem” of dwindling docs, arguing that while patients will still get the care they need, the process to do so will become more arduous. ISRAEL Members of the media will be locked out of a meeting scheduled for Mitt Romney and deep-pocketed donors at Israel’s King David hotel on Monday. In the past, a small number of press members have been allowed access to fundraising meetings held in public locations. The meeting is part of the presumptive Republican nominee’s tour of the country, which has included meetings with Israeli leaders—as well as carefully worded critiques of President Obama’s foreign policy. On Sunday, a top Romney adviser told The Associated Press that Romney would back an Israeli strike aimed at stopping Iran from forwarding its nuclear ambitions. Romney is scheduled to give a speech on Iran later Sunday. | | 
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