{"id":441064,"date":"2020-07-30T08:20:01","date_gmt":"2020-07-30T15:20:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/?p=441064"},"modified":"2020-07-30T12:33:07","modified_gmt":"2020-07-30T19:33:07","slug":"tokyo-vision-anton-chupkov-aiming-to-back-world-titles-with-olympic-gold-in-200-breast","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/tokyo-vision-anton-chupkov-aiming-to-back-world-titles-with-olympic-gold-in-200-breast\/","title":{"rendered":"Tokyo Vision: Anton Chupkov Aiming to Back World Titles With Olympic Gold in 200 Breast"},"content":{"rendered":"

Tokyo Vision: Anton Chupkov Aiming to Back World Titles With Olympic Gold in 200 Breast<\/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: Mike Barrowman Tops 200 Breaststroke Podium with Kitajima and Wilkie<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

Event:\u00a0<\/strong>Men’s 200 Breaststroke
\nWorld Record:\u00a0<\/strong>Anton Chupkov, RUS (2019) – 2:06.12<\/p>\n

Historical Note #1:\u00a0<\/strong>This event has been contested at every Olympic Games since 1908 when Britain’s Frederick Holman\u00a0<\/strong>won the inaugural gold medal in London with a 3:09.2. He led a 1-2 finish with countryman William Robinson<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Historical Note #2:\u00a0<\/strong>There have been two men that have won back to back gold medals in this event, and both hail from Japan.\u00a0Yoshiyuki Tsuruta\u00a0<\/strong>won golds in 1928 (2:48.8) & 1932 (2:45.4) and Kosuke Kitajima\u00a0<\/strong>won in 2004 (2:09.44) & 2008 (2:07.64).<\/p>\n

Virtual Vision<\/strong><\/h3>\n

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