{"id":513714,"date":"2022-10-09T05:55:36","date_gmt":"2022-10-09T12:55:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/?p=513714"},"modified":"2022-10-09T05:55:36","modified_gmt":"2022-10-09T12:55:36","slug":"mens-swimmings-balance-of-power-at-least-for-now-has-shifted-to-europe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/mens-swimmings-balance-of-power-at-least-for-now-has-shifted-to-europe\/","title":{"rendered":"Men&#8217;s Swimming&#8217;s Balance of Power &#8211; At Least For Now &#8211; Has Shifted to Europe"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Men&#8217;s Swimming&#8217;s Balance of Power &#8211; At Least For Now &#8211; Has Shifted to Europe<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The term, Balance of Power, is a frequently used phrase to describe the shifting currents of the sporting world. Some seasons, the Balance of Power in the NBA will lean toward the Eastern Conference, its collection of franchises deeper than what is featured in the West. This year\u2019s Balance of Power in the NFL is said to tilt toward the AFC.<\/p>\n<p>Regardless of sport, team and individual, change is constant, and it is this ever-evolving landscape that plays a significant role in the entertainment of fans and analysis of what is to come\u2014such as an Olympic Games. With Paris less than two years from hosting the 2024 Games, the sport of swimming has witnessed a change in its Balance of Power.<\/p>\n<p>Let\u2019s not mistake this column as a Chicken Little assessment of the American scene. Given that the United States men captured 20 medals during this past summer\u2019s World Championships, Team USA\u2019s status is fine &#8211; especially in terms of depth. But that doesn\u2019t mean there isn\u2019t a challenge to the preeminent aquatic superpower, and that there isn\u2019t movement of the pool\u2019s tectonic plates. The fact is, Europe has surged and is rocking the sport\u2019s Richter Scale behind a few powerful, earth-shaking talents.<\/p>\n<p>The medal table from the <a href=\"https:\/\/fina.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">FINA<\/a> World Champs in Budapest provides partial evidence of the European rise that is underway. Of the 20 men\u2019s events contested, 11 gold medals were awarded to athletes from the continent to the East of the Atlantic. More, Europeans accounted for 27 of the 60 medals available. Both tallies, it is worth noting, didn\u2019t include contributions from Russia, which boasts major strength, but was banned from Worlds due to the nation\u2019s invasion of Ukraine.<\/p>\n<p>The remaining evidence of Europe\u2019s leap to top-dog position can be found in the trio of athletes that combined for six solo titles at the World Championships. This triumvirate has the potential to rule for years to come, such is the skill possessed by Romania\u2019s <strong>David<\/strong> <strong>Popovici<\/strong>, France\u2019s <strong>Leon Marchand<\/strong> and Hungary\u2019s <strong>Kristof Milak<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>In the October issue of Swimming World, the theme of youth is prevalent. Marchand is the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/with-home-olympics-calling-leon-marchand-eager-to-embrace-challenges-ahead\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">focus of a separate feature article<\/a> and is included\u2014with Popovici, among several others\u2014in a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/led-by-david-popovici-a-look-at-the-sports-rising-talent-around-the-world\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">piece that examines the emergence of the next era<\/a> in the sport. While Milak has been around for several years, he\u2019s still just 22, with many optimal years ahead.<\/p>\n<p>As the Balance of Power shifted to Europe, there is no argument that Popovici was the headliner of the shift. At the European Championships, the Romanian (who just turned 18 last month) blasted a world record of 46.86 in the 100 meter freestyle and registered a mark of 1:42.97 in the 200 freestyle, the No. 3 mark in history and the fastest in textile. For the summer, he notched 16 sub-48 performances in the 100 freestyle, an absurd number that speaks to his ability to maintain consistent top-end speed.<\/p>\n<p>In the case of Marchand, the Arizona State sophomore swept both medley events at Worlds and grabbed silver behind Milak in the 200 butterfly. His outing in the 400 IM scared Michael Phelps\u2019 14-year-old world record, a standard long believed to be untouchable. And in Milak, his 100 butterfly\/200 butterfly double was complemented over the course of the summer by elite swims in the 100 freestyle and 200 freestyle, those efforts proof of his growing prowess.<\/p>\n<p>The stock of the European men is soaring, and Popovici, Marchand and Milak are the power brokers of the movement. Yet, they have plenty of support in strengthening the continent\u2019s grip on the sport. Heck, we haven\u2019t even mentioned Italian <strong>Thomas Ceccon<\/strong>, who set a world record of 51.60 in the 100 backstroke at Worlds. Factor in the likes of Brits <strong>Duncan Scott<\/strong> and <strong>Tom Dean<\/strong> and Italy\u2019s <strong>Gregorio Paltrinieri<\/strong>, and Europe is enjoying a stacked window.<\/p>\n<p>In two years, will the Balance of Power resemble its current state? Maybe. The beauty of sports is how it can rapidly change. 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