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In the semifinals, it was Great Britain&#8217;s veteran <strong>Duncan Scott<\/strong> that got the job done first.<\/p>\n<p>In the first semifinal heat, Russia Olympic Committee\u2019s <strong>Martin Malyutin<\/strong> got his hand on the wall first in 1:45.45, holding off Romania\u2019s <strong>David Popovici<\/strong> (1:45.68), Brazil\u2019s <strong>Fernando Sheffer<\/strong> (1:45.71), Australia\u2019s <strong>Thomas Neill<\/strong> (1:45.74) and <strong>Townley Haas<\/strong> (1:46.07) of the U.S. Malyutin has been as quick as 1:44.79 this year, which ranks fifth in the world, and we&#8217;ll see if the 16-year-old Popovici has another big drop in the tank to make a medal run.<\/p>\n<p>The second heat was much faster as Scott took the top spot in 1:44.60 to take the top spot into finals overall. Scott owns the top time in the world at 1:44.47, and after he captured two relay gold medals his first Olympics, the 2016 Games in Rio, he will aim for his first Olympic medal in the final. <strong>Adam Peaty<\/strong> captured British gold later Monday morning in the 100 breast, so Scott will look to join his teammate on top of the podium.<\/p>\n<p>U.S. swimmer <strong>Kieran Smith<\/strong> took the second spot in the second heat in 1:45.07, eclipsing his lifetime best of 1:45.29 from U.S. Olympic Trials. Smith qualified just 13th in prelims after earning a surprising bronze in the 400 free Sunday morning, and he has put himself in position to chase another medal in the 200 free.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;That wasn\u2019t too bad. I wanted to lay it out that first 100, 150, try to stay with it at the end because I know there\u2019s a lot of fast swims coming up. I\u2019m not sure how it was going to feel in the water, been having some problems with my stomach this morning so I barely ate. But very pleased to go this time and have a good lane for the final,&#8221; Smith said. &#8220;I got to put the blinders on a little bit, nto worry about the race around me for two of the 50s because I\u2019m breathing towards nothing. I think it helps to be in an outside lane to really attack the front half like I did.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Smith finished ahead of Lithuania\u2019s <strong>Danas Rapsys<\/strong> (1:45.32), Britain\u2019s <strong>Tom Dean<\/strong> (1:45.34) and Korea\u2019s<strong> Hwang Sun-Woo<\/strong> (1:45.53), and all three of those men have been much faster. Rapsys, who touched first in the 200 free final at the 2019 World Championships, has a best time of 1:44.38, while Dean ranks second in the world this year at 1:44.58. Hwang was well off his world junior record of 1:44.61 set in prelims Sunday.<\/p>\n<p>The final will come down to who manages to deliver 1:44 performances in the big moment. Five men in the field have previously recorded 1:44s (Scott, Dean, Hwang and Malyutin this year, Rapsys in 2019), but it&#8217;s been clear at these Olympics that lifetime bests and the on-paper analysis don&#8217;t mean anything when it comes to Olympic finals.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Finalists<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>1. Duncan Scott, Great Britain, 1:44.60<br \/>\n2. Kieran Smith, USA, 1:45.07<br \/>\n3. Danas Rapsys, Lithuania, 1:45.32<br \/>\n4. Tom Dean, Great Britain, 1:45.34<br \/>\n5. Martin Malyutin, ROC, 1:45.45<br \/>\n6. Hwang Sun-Woo, Korea, 1:45.53<br \/>\n7. David Popovici, Romania, 1:45.68<br \/>\n8. Fernando Scheffer, Brazil, 1:45.71<\/p>\n<p><strong>The Set Up<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Prior to the semifinals, Hwang set a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/olympics-sunwoo-hwang-sets-wjr-in-200-freestyle-at-front-of-youth-movement\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">world junior record and registered the only time under 1:45 in the prelims<\/a> with his time of 1:44.62. The 18-year-old Hwang was dominant in the third of five heats, where he finished ahead of Great Britain\u2019s Dean (1:45.24). Popovici also had his top race of the day in prelims with a 1:45.32, just a little off his best time of 1:45.26 at the European Junior\u00a0 Championships earlier this month. Scheffer had the second-best time in prelims (1:45.05) before barely squeaking into the final in eighth, while Scott only had the fifth seed in prelims (1:45.37) before he turned on the jets in the semifinals.<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 <a href=\"https:\/\/olympics.com\/tokyo-2020\/olympic-games\/en\/results\/swimming\/reports.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Results<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The men&#8217;s 200 free saw several young swimmers make a move to qualify for the semifinals at the Tokyo Olympics. 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