There are many great battles in the world of swimming currently, but none come close to the epic nature of the Men's 200m Freestyle. This is swimming's Hollywood event. Lochte v Phelps. Phelps v Biedermann. Agnel v Biedermann. USA v Russia. East v West. Youth v Experience. National Hero v National Hero. This event has it all.
Time to let the people speak...
Who will win the Men's 200m Freestyle at the World Championships this year?
Here's a run down of the contenders (clink on the link to see the race itself):-
Ryan Lochte, Age: 26 - Last year 1:45.30
Park Tae-Hwan, Age: 21 - Last year 1:44.80
Michael Phelps, Age: 25 - Last year 1:45.61
Paul Biedermann, Age: 24 - Last year 1:45.47
Yannick Agnel, Age: 18 - Last year 1:45.83
Sun Yang, Age: 19 - Last year 1:46.25
Danila Izotov, Age: 19 - Last year 1:47.14
Sebastiaan Verschuren, Age: 22 - Last year 1:46.91
Nikita Lobintsev, Age: 22 - Last year 1:45.93
Oussama Mellouli, Age: 26 - Last year 1:49.04 (1:42.02 SC)
(If clicking a button isn't enough for you, make the case for your guy in the comments section.)
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Is Mellouli swimming 200m as well?
ReplyDeleteWell, I voted Park.
He seems least affected by the suit ban, and now that he's supposedly ditching 1500, it seems reasonable to expect his 200 (and 400) to be even faster.
As for Phelps and Lochte, they swim so many events that I always think I ought to look at the schedule first. But of course, a win by either of them would be no shock at all!
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