SW Biweekly -Tokyo Go! Our Full Olympic Preview and Predictions

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009 | THE WAIT WILL SOON BE OVER
The world can finally see the light at the end of the tunnel: the COVID-19 pandemic-delayed Olympics of 2020 are now less than a week away, set to begin with the opening ceremonies on Friday, July 23—2021—in Tokyo. And now it’s time to see who might win medals in the 35 swimming events.

2021 OLYMPIC PREDICTIONS
by Dan D’Addona, Matthew De George, John Lohn, David Rieder and Andy Ross

010 | DAY 1 FINALS
●Men’s 400 Individual Medley
●Men’s 400 Freestyle
●Women’s 400 Individual Medley
●Women’s 4×100 Freestyle Relay

012  | DAY 2 FINALS
●Women’s 100 Butterfly
●Men’s 100 Breaststroke
●Women’s 400 Freestyle
●Men’s 4×100 Freestyle Relay

014 |  DAY 3 FINALS
●Men’s 200 Freestyle
●Women’s 100 Backstroke
●Men’s 100 Backstroke
●Women’s 100 Breaststroke

016 | DAY 4 FINALS
●Women’s 200 Freestyle
●Men’s 200 Butterfly
●Women’s 200 Individual Medley
●Women’s 1500 Freestyle
●Men’s 4×200 Freestyle Relay

018 | DAY 5 FINALS
●Men’s 800 Freestyle
●Men’s 200 Breaststroke
●Women’s 200 Butterfly
●Men’s 100 Freestyle
●Women’s 4×200 Freestyle Relay

020 | DAY 6 FINALS
●Women’s 200 Breaststroke
●Men’s 200 Backstroke
●Women’s 100 Freestyle
●Men’s 200 Individual Medley

022 | DAY 7 FINALS
●Men’s 100 Butterfly
●Women’s 200 Backstroke
●Women’s 800 Freestyle
●Mixed 4×100 Medley Relay

024  |  DAY 8 FINALS
●Men’s 50 Freestyle
●Women’s 50 Freestyle
●Men’s 1500 Freestyle
●Women’s 4×100 Medley Relay
●Men’s 4×100 Medley Relay

027 | 2021 AQUATIC DIRECTORY

040  |  OVER LACK OF SUPPORT, BECCA MEYERS WITHDRAWS FROM PARALYMPICS
by Matthew De George
Becca Meyers, who is deaf and blind as a result of Usher syndrome, requires a personal care assistant (PCA) to complete her daily activities in and out of the pool while at the Paralympics. However, since COVID-19 restrictions have limited the presence of non-athletes at the Games—including her PCA (who is also her mother)—Meyers elected to withdraw from what would have been her third Paralympics.

041  | DAVID CURTISS, TAKING ADVANTAGE OF NEW NCAA NIL RULES, PARTNERS WITH SPEEDO
by Matthew De George
American sprinter David Curtiss has signed a sponsorship agreement with Speedo, one of the first collegiate swimmers to avail himself of new NCAA rules allowing athletes to profit off their name, image and likeness (NIL).

042 | THE 18-AND-UNDER SWIMMERS WHO COULD STEAL THE SHOW AT THE TOKYO OLYMPICS
by David Rieder
At every Olympics, young swimmers emerge from seemingly out of nowhere and put on amazing performances to win Olympic medals. This year’s Olympic Games shouldn’t be any different, as Swimming World spotlights 11 swimmers ages 18 and younger who currently rank among the top 10 in the world and could possibly make a breakthrough in Tokyo.

046  |  PARTING SHOT