009 | THE WAIT WILL SOON BE OVER<\/span><\/strong>
\nThe world can finally see the light at the end of the tunnel: the COVID-19 pandemic-delayed Olympics of 2020 are now less than a week away, set to begin with the opening ceremonies on Friday, July 23\u20142021\u2014in Tokyo. And now it\u2019s time to see who might win medals in the 35 swimming events.<\/p>\n

2021 OLYMPIC PREDICTIONS<\/strong><\/span>
\nby Dan D\u2019Addona, Matthew De George, John Lohn, David Rieder and Andy Ross<\/strong><\/p>\n

010 | DAY 1 FINALS
\n<\/span><\/strong>\u25cfMen\u2019s 400 Individual Medley
\n\u25cfMen\u2019s 400 Freestyle
\n\u25cfWomen\u2019s 400 Individual Medley
\n\u25cfWomen\u2019s 4×100 Freestyle Relay<\/p>\n

012\u00a0 | DAY 2 FINALS<\/span><\/strong>
\n\u25cfWomen\u2019s 100 Butterfly
\n\u25cfMen\u2019s 100 Breaststroke
\n\u25cfWomen\u2019s 400 Freestyle
\n\u25cfMen\u2019s 4×100 Freestyle Relay<\/p>\n

014 |\u00a0 DAY 3 FINALS<\/span><\/strong>
\n\u25cfMen\u2019s 200 Freestyle
\n\u25cfWomen\u2019s 100 Backstroke
\n\u25cfMen\u2019s 100 Backstroke
\n\u25cfWomen\u2019s 100 Breaststroke<\/p>\n

016 | DAY 4 FINALS<\/span><\/strong>
\n\u25cfWomen\u2019s 200 Freestyle
\n\u25cfMen\u2019s 200 Butterfly
\n\u25cfWomen\u2019s 200 Individual Medley
\n\u25cfWomen\u2019s 1500 Freestyle
\n\u25cfMen\u2019s 4×200 Freestyle Relay<\/p>\n

018 | DAY 5 FINALS<\/span><\/strong>
\n\u25cfMen\u2019s 800 Freestyle
\n\u25cfMen\u2019s 200 Breaststroke
\n\u25cfWomen\u2019s 200 Butterfly
\n\u25cfMen\u2019s 100 Freestyle
\n\u25cfWomen\u2019s 4×200 Freestyle Relay<\/p>\n

020 | DAY 6 FINALS<\/span><\/strong>
\n\u25cfWomen\u2019s 200 Breaststroke
\n\u25cfMen\u2019s 200 Backstroke
\n\u25cfWomen\u2019s 100 Freestyle
\n\u25cfMen\u2019s 200 Individual Medley<\/p>\n

022 | DAY 7 FINALS<\/span><\/strong>
\n\u25cfMen\u2019s 100 Butterfly
\n\u25cfWomen\u2019s 200 Backstroke
\n\u25cfWomen\u2019s 800 Freestyle
\n\u25cfMixed 4×100 Medley Relay<\/p>\n

024\u00a0 |\u00a0 DAY 8 FINALS<\/span><\/strong>
\n\u25cfMen\u2019s 50 Freestyle
\n\u25cfWomen\u2019s 50 Freestyle
\n\u25cfMen\u2019s 1500 Freestyle
\n\u25cfWomen\u2019s 4×100 Medley Relay
\n\u25cfMen\u2019s 4×100 Medley Relay<\/p>\n

040\u00a0 |\u00a0 OVER LACK OF SUPPORT, BECCA MEYERS WITHDRAWS FROM PARALYMPICS<\/span><\/strong>
\nby Matthew De George<\/strong>
\nBecca Meyers, who is deaf and blind as a result of Usher syndrome, requires a personal care assistant (PCA) to complete her daily activities in and out of the pool while at the Paralympics. However, since COVID-19 restrictions have limited the presence of non-athletes at the Games\u2014including her PCA (who is also her mother)\u2014Meyers elected to withdraw from what would have been her third Paralympics.<\/p>\n

041\u00a0 | DAVID CURTISS, TAKING ADVANTAGE OF NEW NCAA NIL RULES, PARTNERS WITH SPEEDO<\/span><\/strong>
\nby Matthew De George<\/strong>
\nAmerican sprinter David Curtiss has signed a sponsorship agreement with Speedo, one of the first collegiate swimmers to avail himself of new NCAA rules allowing athletes to profit off their name, image and likeness (NIL).<\/p>\n

042 | THE 18-AND-UNDER SWIMMERS WHO COULD STEAL THE SHOW AT THE TOKYO OLYMPICS<\/span><\/strong>
\nby David Rieder<\/strong>
\nAt every Olympics, young swimmers emerge from seemingly out of nowhere and put on amazing performances to win Olympic medals. This year\u2019s Olympic Games shouldn\u2019t be any different, as Swimming World spotlights 11 swimmers ages 18 and younger who currently rank among the top 10 in the world and could possibly make a breakthrough in Tokyo.<\/p>\n