{"id":214637,"date":"2016-08-03T11:00:29","date_gmt":"2016-08-03T18:00:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/?p=214637"},"modified":"2016-07-31T13:11:50","modified_gmt":"2016-07-31T20:11:50","slug":"swimming-world-olympic-predictions-mens-200-fly","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/swimming-world-olympic-predictions-mens-200-fly\/","title":{"rendered":"Swimming World Olympic Predictions: Men’s 200 Fly"},"content":{"rendered":"

By David Rieder<\/em><\/p>\n

Hungary\u2019s Laszlo Cseh<\/strong> won the world title (1:53.48) last year, and he holds the world\u2019s top time this year (1:52.91) by more than a second. Chad le Clos<\/strong> of South Africa was the silver medalist (1:53.68) at Worlds in Kazan, and was the upset Olympic gold medalist four years ago over American Michael Phelps<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

And Phelps?\u2014he looked terrible on the last lap of his 200 fly at U.S. Olympic Trials last month, splitting the sixth slowest split (31.90) of the field. He still won, but faded to 1:54.84.<\/p>\n

Then there\u2019s the image of Phelps blasting a 1:52.94 at Nationals last year, just months into his comeback, and it\u2019s hard not to think that, at 100 percent, the most decorated Olympian of all time will be ready for anything that comes his way\u2014especially for his final Olympics.<\/p>\n

TALK ON DECK<\/strong><\/p>\n