{"id":27731,"date":"2011-07-28T22:58:04","date_gmt":"2011-07-29T03:58:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/news.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/uncategorized\/2011\/07\/fina-world-championships-swimming-updated-medal-picks-for-night-six-finals\/"},"modified":"2015-08-20T07:59:58","modified_gmt":"2015-08-20T14:59:58","slug":"fina-world-championships-swimming-updated-medal-picks-for-night-six-finals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/fina-world-championships-swimming-updated-medal-picks-for-night-six-finals\/","title":{"rendered":"FINA World Championships, Swimming: Updated Medal Picks for Night Six Finals"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><i>For full Swimming World coverage of the entire 2011 FINA World Championships, including all videos and recaps, visit our <a href=http:\/\/tv.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/events\/2011-fina-world-long-course-championships target=_blank>Event Landing Page<\/a>.<\/i><\/p>\n<p>SHANGHAI, China, July 29. BASED on the results of preliminaries and semifinals, here are the updated picks for the five finals that will be contested tonight at the Oriental Sports Center. Medals will be up for grabs in the men&#39;s 200 backstroke, 200 breaststroke and 800 freestyle relay and in the women&#39;s 100 freestyle and 200 breaststroke.<\/p>\n<p><b>Women&#39;s 100 Freestyle<\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>Original Medal Picks<\/b><br \/>\nGold: Femke Heemskerk<br \/>\nSilver: Britta Steffen<br \/>\nBronze: Fran Halsall<\/p>\n<p><b>Updated Medal Picks<\/b><br \/>\nGold: Femke Heemskerk<br \/>\nSilver: Fran Halsall<br \/>\nBronze: Alicia Coutts<br \/>\n**This is where Heemskerk will make up for her fade in the 200 freestyle, but Halsall will be right there. Coutts adds another minor medal, with Americans Dana Vollmer and Natalie Coughlin shut out.<\/p>\n<p><b>Men&#39;s 200 Backstroke<\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>Original Medal Picks<\/b><br \/>\nGold: Ryan Lochte<br \/>\nSilver: Ryosuke Irie<br \/>\nBronze: Tyler Clary<\/p>\n<p><b>Updated Medal Picks<\/b><br \/>\nGold: Ryan Lochte<br \/>\nSilver: Ryosuke Irie<br \/>\nBronze: Tyler Clary<br \/>\n**Irie is an immense talent, but Lochte is at another level right now and will destroy the Japanese swimmer off the walls. Clary comfortably earns his first medal of the competition.<\/p>\n<p><b>Women&#39;s 200 Breaststroke<\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>Original Medal Picks<\/b><br \/>\nGold: Rebecca Soni<br \/>\nSilver: Yuliya Efimova<br \/>\nBronze: Amanda Beard<\/p>\n<p><b>Updated Medal Picks<\/b><br \/>\nGold: Rebecca Soni<br \/>\nSilver: Yuliya Efimova<br \/>\nBronze: Sun Ye<br \/>\n**There is no debate concerning the gold medalist, just a matter of whether she can set a world record. Efimova looks comfortable for the silver, with the bronze medal being a wide-open affair.<\/p>\n<p><b>Men&#39;s 200 Breaststroke<\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>Original Medal Picks<\/b><br \/>\nGold: Naoya Tomita<br \/>\nSilver: Kosuke Kitajima<br \/>\nBronze: Daniel Gyurta<\/p>\n<p><b>Updated Medal Picks<\/b><br \/>\nGold: Daniel Gyurta<br \/>\nSilver: Kosuke Kitajima<br \/>\nBronze: Christian Vom Lehn<br \/>\n**Expect the hard-charging Gyurta to pass Kitajima on the final lap for what will be a tremendous finish. Eric Shanteau could challenge Vom Lehn, the German, for bronze.<\/p>\n<p><b>Men&#39;s 800 Freestyle Relay<\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>Original Medal Picks<\/b><br \/>\nGold: United States<br \/>\nSilver: Russia<br \/>\nBronze: China<\/p>\n<p><b>Updated Medal Picks<\/b><br \/>\nGold: United States<br \/>\nSilver: China<br \/>\nBronze: Australia<br \/>\n**With Ryan Lochte and Michael Phelps added to the American quartet for the evening, this relay is a no-brainer. Sun Yang will provide a spark for the Chinese and we&#39;re waiting word if James Magnussen will be given a shot at a leg for the Aussies.<\/p>\n<p>Follow John Lohn on twitter: @JohnLohn<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>For full Swimming World coverage of the entire 2011 FINA World Championships, including all videos and recaps, visit our Event Landing Page. SHANGHAI, China, July 29. 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