{"id":324139,"date":"2018-08-06T13:30:09","date_gmt":"2018-08-06T20:30:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/?p=324139"},"modified":"2018-08-07T12:51:13","modified_gmt":"2018-08-07T19:51:13","slug":"around-the-swimming-world-what-anton-chupkov-does-better-than-anyone","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/around-the-swimming-world-what-anton-chupkov-does-better-than-anyone\/","title":{"rendered":"Around the Swimming World: What Anton Chupkov Does Better than Anyone"},"content":{"rendered":"

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

When Anton Chupkov<\/strong> swims the first 100 meters of his 200 breaststroke, he\u2019s in no hurry. Check out his swim from the final at the European Championships: On the second length, Chupkov swims with the slowest stroke tempo, taking one stroke approximately every 2.2 seconds or so.<\/p>\n

He sat seventh at the 50, but on that second length, he lost virtually no ground on his competition, his 32.62 split tied for second-best in the field and just one-hundredth off the best split.<\/p>\n

The third 50 is when Chupkov distinguishes himself, not just in that European final but in virtually every major 200 breast competition. His home-coming splits were 32.53 (six-tenths faster than anyone else) and 31.89 (nine tenths faster). And that finish almost brought him to world-record territory.<\/p>\n

Chupkov came up just short, with a 2:06.80.<\/a> Ippei Watanabe<\/strong> keeps the world record, the 2:06.67 set in January 2017, but Chupkov is the only other man to ever break 2:07 and the only one to do so on two different occasions. He\u2019s also the only man to ever finish a 200 breast in under 32 seconds, and he\u2019s done that twice, too.<\/p>\n

Watanabe\u2019s world-record split on the last 50 was 32.65. At the 2017 World Championships, silver medalist Yasuhiro Koseki<\/strong> finished in 32.78\u2014while Chupkov split 31.99 to steal the gold medal. When American Josh Prenot<\/strong> set the American record in the 200 breast at the 2016 Olympic Trials (2:07.17), his split on the last length was a relatively pedestrian 32.98.<\/p>\n

Searching through previous results, the only split close to what Chupkov has unleashed at his best was a 32.36 from Daniel Gyurta<\/strong> at the 2013 World Championships. Gyurta\u2019s time from that meet, 2:07.23, ranks him as the sixth-fastest performer in history behind three Japanese swimmers (Watanabe, Koseki and Akihiro<\/strong> Yamaguchi<\/strong>), Chupkov and Prenot.<\/p>\n

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Photo Courtesy: SIPA USA<\/p><\/div>\n

Meanwhile, it\u2019s not at all unusual to see breaststrokers splitting above 34 seconds on the last length. American Kevin Cordes<\/strong> has fallen victim to the last 50 in so many major races over the last five years. In that European final, Dutch swimmer Arno Kamminga<\/strong> led at the 50, was second at the 100 and second behind Chupkov at the 150. He ended up finishing seventh after a 34.49 final split.<\/p>\n

And then there\u2019s Chupkov, who is lightyears ahead of even otherwise-strong finishers on that length. He can keep pace with the field with by basically doing a long-glide drill through the first 100. And then he unleashes his weapon\u2014and twice now, on the biggest occasions, it has worked beautifully.<\/p>\n

On the other hand, Watanabe still has the world record in the event, but he has never put his best effort together in a major final. Six months after his world-record swim, he faded to third at last year\u2019s World Championships. In 2016, Watanabe set an Olympic record in the Rio semi-finals (2:07.22) but ended up sixth in a final where his Olympic record was not touched.<\/p>\n

Watanabe will have his chance to respond on Sunday at the Pan Pacific Championships, and so will Koseki and Prenot. Until any of that trio manage a 2:06 in a significant final, Chupkov will be the man to beat\u2014or at least try to hold off\u2014in the 200 breast.<\/p>\n

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Wet Take<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Saturday\u2019s timing system screw-up<\/a> that slowed down times in nine races by one-tenth? It could have been much worse.<\/h3>\n

Adam Peaty<\/strong> didn\u2019t lose his world record. He didn\u2019t lose a 56-second 100 breast, either. The error had been corrected by the men\u2019s 50 back final, when Kliment Kolesnikov swam a time of 24.00 for a new world record.<\/p>\n

Simona Quadarella<\/strong> adds a tenth to her 800 free time, meaning that instead of being ranked seventh all-time in the event, she\u2019s now eighth. James Wilby<\/strong> is now tied for fourth all-time in the 100 breast, instead of being ranked third. Still, those times (8:16.45 and 58.64, respectively) are incredible breakout efforts.<\/p>\n

No, the situation is not a great look for LEN. This kind of situation is the last thing you want at any swim meet on any level, let alone at a European Championships. Announced right before Sunday\u2019s finals session, the mistake almost overshadowed the racing that night.<\/p>\n

But at least the error in each lane and each race was identical, at least the pool wasn\u2019t measured incorrectly, and at least there\u2019s no current. Long-term, this mistake will be forgotten.<\/p>\n

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Useless Stat of the Day<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Peaty raced Yulia Efimova and won by almost eight seconds.<\/h3>\n

In almost any mixed freestyle relay, two men swim first, followed by two women. Mixed medley relays, on the other hand, are all about putting the fastest combination of four swimmers together, meaning women and men race against each other, often heavily mismatched.<\/p>\n

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Yulia Efimova — Photo Courtesy: SIPA USA<\/p><\/div>\n

Take the mixed 4×100 medley relay final at the European Championships, when first-place Great Britain laid out their relay as woman-man-man-woman, and runner-up Russia went man-woman-woman-man. Naturally, both teams wanted to maximize their strengths and minimize their weaknesses.<\/p>\n

What resulted was an entertaining, back-and-forth relay where no female swimmer on either team stayed within five seconds of their male counterpart. British anchor Freya Anderson<\/strong> came the closest, swimming exactly five seconds slower than Vladimir Morozov<\/strong> while holding on for gold.<\/p>\n

And yes, Efimova, one of the world\u2019s best breaststrokers, split a very fine 1:05.07. There\u2019s absolutely nothing wrong with that\u2014even as Peaty flew by her with a 57.27 split. Not much, even a 6.61-second advantage after backstroke, can get in the way of Peaty\u2019s historic breaststroke capabilities.<\/p>\n

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Aquatic Stock Watch<\/strong><\/h2>\n
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Danas Rapsys — Photo Courtesy: Foto Giorgio Scala \/ Deepbluemedia \/Insidefoto<\/p><\/div>\n

UP \u2013 Danas Rapsys<\/span><\/strong><\/h3>\n

Rapsys won a 200-meter bronze medal at the last European Championships in 2016\u2014in backstroke. He made the semi-finals of the 200 free at the 2018 World Championships, only to finish 10th. After a 1:46.56 at Worlds, he improved to 1:45.75 a month later at the World University Games.<\/p>\n

Over the winter, he swam a 1:40.85 in the short course meters version of the 200 free, making him the sixth-fastest swimmer ever in that event. Now, Rapsys is the top long course swimmer in the world (1:45.12), and he was just off that in winning the European title Monday in 1:45.33.<\/p>\n

DOWN \u2013 British Men\u2019s 4×200 Free Relay<\/span><\/strong><\/h3>\n

The Duncan Scott<\/strong> and James<\/strong> Guy<\/strong>-led British men put up a time of 7:05.32 on Sunday, nowhere close to their winning time from last year\u2019s World Championships (7:01.70). Not that they needed to be faster to win their continental championship, but that\u2019s a massive drop-off. Is that a one-year blip or a sign of trouble to come long-term?<\/p>\n

Just one year ago, the American men left Budapest with serious concerns about their long-term potential against Great Britain in this relay. Now, it would be a surprise if the Americans, now led improbably by Andrew<\/strong> Seliskar<\/strong>, don\u2019t end up with the world\u2019s fastest time in the event this year after the Pan Pacific Championships.<\/p>\n

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Charlotte Bonnet — Photo Courtesy: SIPA USA<\/p><\/div>\n

UP \u2013 Charlotte Bonnet<\/span><\/strong><\/h3>\n

Bonnet became just the 12th woman in history to crack 1:55 for a 200 free with her European title in the event Monday. The 23-year-old has been on the verge of a breakthrough for several seasons\u2014she was ninth in the 200 free at the 2015 World Championships, then eighth at both the 2016 Olympics and 2017 Worlds\u2014but before this year, Bonnet had never even cracked 1:56.<\/p>\n

Now, she ranks fourth in the world behind Katie<\/strong> Ledecky<\/strong>, Taylor Ruck<\/strong> and Ariarne<\/strong> Titmus<\/strong>. It will be interesting to compare that 1:54.95 to this week\u2019s Pan Pacs results, where the top three women plus fifth-ranked Rikako Ikee<\/strong> and sixth-ranked Allison Schmitt<\/strong> will be in action.<\/p>\n

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Impact Race of Tomorrow: Women\u2019s 100 Free at European Championships<\/strong><\/h2>\n

The 100 free prelims and semi-finals will take place Tuesday, with the final coming Wednesday. The race will include world record-holder Sarah<\/strong> Sjostrom<\/strong>, as well as 2012 Olympic gold medalist Ranomi<\/strong> Kromowidjojo<\/strong>, 2016 50 free gold medalist Pernille Blume<\/strong> and the 1-2 finishers from Monday\u2019s 200 free, Bonnet and Femke<\/strong> Heemskerk<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Could this be a world record attempt for Sjostrom? Probably not. Will she be beaten here? Even less likely. But it\u2019s her best chance this year to put up a time competitive with her main rivals, who happen to rank 1-2-3 in the world right now: Bronte Campbell<\/strong> (52.27), Cate Campbell<\/strong> (52.37) and Simone Manuel<\/strong> (52.54). Cate Campbell and Manuel will both swim the 100 free again this weekend at Pan Pacs.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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