LONDON - Hours before departing for Israel, his second stop on his overseas trip, Mitt Romney made a pit stop at the Olympics.

Romney and his wife Ann went to Olympic Park - where they had been last night to take in the opening ceremonies - to watch a men's swimming competition.

Romney's body man, Garrett Jackson, tweeted a photo of the couple taking their seats before the heat: http://t.co/nHy7T3Ev

New York Times reporter Doug Mills tweeted another photo of the couple - Romney in mid-cheer for during Michael Phelps 400IM race. http://t.co/wigS0jAX

Romney said yesterday during an interview that he'd be rooting for Phelps.