{"id":440915,"date":"2020-07-29T13:13:45","date_gmt":"2020-07-29T20:13:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/?p=440915"},"modified":"2020-07-30T12:34:32","modified_gmt":"2020-07-30T19:34:32","slug":"tokyo-vision-katinka-hosszu-looking-to-solidify-legacy-with-200-im-gold","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/tokyo-vision-katinka-hosszu-looking-to-solidify-legacy-with-200-im-gold\/","title":{"rendered":"Tokyo Vision: Katinka Hosszu Looking to Solidify Legacy With 200 IM Gold"},"content":{"rendered":"

Tokyo Vision: Katinka Hosszu Looking to Solidify Legacy With 200 IM Gold<\/strong><\/p>\n

Had the COVID-19 pandemic not shaken the world, the\u00a02020 Olympic Games in Tokyo<\/a>\u00a0would be unfolding right now, titles and podium finishes earned by the finest athletes from around the world. Instead, we are in a competition lull and hopeful that the Games will be held next summer, with COVID-19 neutralized.<\/p>\n

As we reach the nine days over which the swimming competition of a delayed Olympiad would have taken place, Swimming World is taking a glimpse at what might have unfolded this summer, had the Olympics not been postponed. Following the official schedule, we offer our virtual fields of eight finalists for each event and take a brief look at how the racing might have panned out until a few strokes away from decision and a result that will not be known until July\/August 2021.<\/p>\n

League of Olympic Legends: Historic Three-Way Gold for Tracy Caulkins, Donna De Varona & Yana Klochkova<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

Event:\u00a0<\/strong>Women’s 200 Individual Medley
\nWorld Record:\u00a0<\/strong>Katinka Hosszu, HUN (2015) – 2:06.12<\/p>\n

Historical Note #1:\u00a0<\/strong>This event was introduced in 1968 as American\u00a0Claudia Kolb\u00a0<\/strong>took the inaugural gold medal in 2:24.7, leading a 1-2-3 with Americans\u00a0Susan Pedersen\u00a0<\/strong>and\u00a0Jan Henne<\/strong>. It was discontinued in 1976 & 1980 but has been contested at every Olympics since 1984.<\/p>\n

Historical Note #2:\u00a0<\/strong>The Ukraine’s\u00a0Yana Klochkova\u00a0<\/strong>is the only swimmer to successfully defend her Olympic title in this event as she won in Sydney in 2000 at 2:10.68, and again in Athens in 2004 at 2:11.14.<\/p>\n

Virtual Vision<\/h3>\n

The Finalists (Listed Alphabetically)<\/strong><\/p>\n