FINA World Championships Predictions: Women’s 200 Fly

by David Rieder - Senior Writer

14 July 2017, 05:00am

Mireia Belmonte won a historic victory for Spain in the women’s 200 fly at last summer’s Olympic Games, and with her closest competition out of action, she’s heavily favored to add a gold medal at the FINA World Championships.

She touched out Madeline Groves by just three hundredths for the top spot in Rio, but Groves and the next two highest-placing finishers, Japan’s Natsumi Hoshi and the USA’s Cammile Adams, will both be absent from the field this summer in Budapest.

No one has even swum under 2:06 yet this year, so it should not take any insanely fast times to get on the podium.

Read below to see what Swimming World’s trio of experts think will happen in Budapest. David Rieder, John Lohn and Andy Ross will each offer their predictions for who will finish on the podium.

Women’s 200 Fly

Current Records:

World Record: Liu Zige, CHN (2009) — 2:01.81
Championship Record: Jessicah Schipper, AUS (2009) — 2:03.41
American Record: Mary Descenza (2009) — 2:04.14

2015 World Champion: Natsumi Hoshi, JPN — 2:05.56
2016 Olympic Gold Medalist: Mireia Belmonte, ESP — 2:04.85
2017 World No. 1: Franziska Hentke, GER — 2:06.18

Swimming World Predictions

David Rieder’s Picks:

Gold: Mireia Belmonte, ESP
Silver: Suzuka Hasegawa, JPN
Bronze: Franziska Hentke, GER

John Lohn’s Picks:

Gold: Mireia Belmonte, ESP
Silver: Suzuka Hasegawa, JPN
Bronze: Emma McKeon, AUS

Andy Ross’ Picks:

Gold: Mireia Belmonte, ESP
Silver: Franziska Hentke, GER
Bronze: Liliana Szilagyi, HUN

Previous Events

Day One:

• Men’s 400 Free
• Women’s 400 Free
• Women’s 400 Free Relay
• Men’s 400 Free Relay

Day Two:

• Men’s 100 Breast
• Women’s 100 Fly
• Men’s 50 Fly
• Women’s 200 IM

Day Three:

• Men’s 200 Free
• Women’s 1500 Free
• Women’s 100 Back
• Men’s 100 Back
• Women’s 100 Breast

Day Four:

• Women’s 200 Free
• Men’s 200 Fly
• Men’s 50 Breast
• Men’s 800 Free
• Mixed 400 Medley Relay

Day Five:

• Men’s 200 IM
• Men’s 100 Free
• Women’s 50 Back

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commonwombat

6 years ago

Belmonte a fairly clear favourite. Minors = a lottery. Sakegawa & Hentke are probably consensus picks but realistically its open to anyone who really steps up.

Note that John picked McKeon for bronze. Whilst it will be interesting to see if she ever pursues this event at an intl level, it won’t be this year as she’s not entered in the event

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Brownish

6 years ago

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Szilagyi, as Ross picks it or Hosszu (if she’ll swim it, 80% ) can medal.

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