{"id":529899,"date":"2023-06-20T13:00:41","date_gmt":"2023-06-20T20:00:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/?p=529899"},"modified":"2023-06-20T13:27:25","modified_gmt":"2023-06-20T20:27:25","slug":"duncan-scott-to-focus-solely-on-200im-in-fukuoka-due-to-100-free-scheduling-clash-looks-forward-to-maiden-meeting-with-leon-marchand","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/duncan-scott-to-focus-solely-on-200im-in-fukuoka-due-to-100-free-scheduling-clash-looks-forward-to-maiden-meeting-with-leon-marchand\/","title":{"rendered":"Duncan Scott To Focus Solely On 200IM In Fukuoka Due To 100 Free Scheduling Clash; Set For Maiden Meeting With Leon Marchand"},"content":{"rendered":"

Duncan Scott<\/strong> will focus solely on the 200m individual medley in addition to relays at next month\u2019s World Championships<\/strong> in Fukuoka<\/strong> due to a scheduling clash with the 100 free.<\/p>\n

Scott \u2013 who became the most decorated athlete at a single Olympics in British history when he won four medals in Tokyo \u2013 had qualified for the two-length freestyle as well as the short medley.<\/p>\n

However, the heats of the two events are scheduled back-to-back on the morning of 26 July with the semis that evening and the finals on the 27th<\/sup> meaning a choice had to be made.<\/p>\n

Scott will contest the 200IM, in which he won Olympic silver<\/a> in Tokyo behind Wang Shun<\/strong>, replicating his second-placed finish behind British teammate Tom Dean<\/strong> in the 200 free<\/a> although fourth at the British trials means there\u2019ll be no outing in the latter.<\/p>\n

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Duncan Scott: Photo Courtesy: Peter H. Bick<\/p><\/div>\n

Coached by Steve Tigg<\/strong> at the University of Stirling<\/strong>, Scott said on a British Swimming media call:<\/p>\n

\u201cUnfortunately my two events are on the exact same day \u2013 classic \u2013 so I\u2019ll be doing 2IM as my only individual.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe 100 free\u2019s there but I\u2019m going to have to step aside for that: that event\u2019s moved on a wee bit and my 48 zero\u2019s not going to get much there. I\u2019ll need to do a wee PB \u2013 I think 47 mid will probably put you in good stead.<\/p>\n

\u201cSo 2IM and then for me it\u2019s going to be a real relay focus thereafter (4×100 on day 1, 4×2 and then hopefully mixed 4×1 free).\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

It\u2019ll be a less busy schedule than normal for Scott, who said:<\/p>\n

\u201cI’m really excited to try out just one individual event. At Commies or Olympics, I\u2019m swimming ten plus times in a week so it\u2019ll be interesting to see how I fare just doing the one.<\/p>\n

\u201cI might feel fresher, you never know. This might be the new way.<\/p>\n

\u201cWill I feel fresher and come the later rounds, will I feel better than doing loads of events?\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Marchand, Wang And A Quality Field Awaits<\/h3>\n

Awaiting Scott in the 200IM will be a stellar field.<\/p>\n

Wang heads the 2023 rankings with his 1:55.55 from last month\u2019s Chinese Nationals ahead of Leon Marchand<\/strong> who won the title in Budapest last year<\/a> in 1:55.22, just 0.04 outside Laszlo Cseh\u2019<\/strong>s 2009 European record of 1:55.18.<\/p>\n

Marchand has created ripples of excitement throughout the swimming world over the last year with his performances across both the 200 and 400IM as well as his 2:06.59 sabre-rattler in the 200 breaststroke<\/a> at last week\u2019s French Championships<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

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Leon Marchand: Photo Courtesy: Photo Andrea Staccioli \/ Deepbluemedia \/ Insidefoto<\/p><\/div>\n

The Frenchman has a best of 1:55.68 this year \u2013 second behind Wang while Scott sits seventh in 1:56.72, behind Dean (1:56.65).<\/p>\n

Scott has yet to race Marchand, who finished 18th<\/sup>, 0.15 outside the semis, in Tokyo while the Briton withdrew from Budapest 2022<\/a> as he recovered from Covid where the Frenchman was joined on the podium by Carson Foster<\/strong> and Daiya Seto<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Looking ahead, he said:<\/p>\n

\u201cLeon \u2013 he\u2019s not actually someone I\u2019ve raced before so I am looking forward to that a lot, going head to head with him.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think Carson Foster will be really good again this year and the other American whichever it will be \u2013 I think that\u2019s going to be a cracking race at their trials \u2013 you\u2019ve got Carson, Chase Kalisz, Michael Andrew if he does it, Shaine Casas \u2013 all of them are white hot at 2IM so it\u2019s going to be quite exiting.<\/p>\n

\u201cDeano (Tom Dean) obviously and a few others: I think the 2IM is going to be interesting to see what happens once we get to it.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere was no medallists from the Tokyo Olympics that medalled at World Champs so it\u2019s going to be real interesting when it gets to worlds this year.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Scott Still Hungry For 200 Free<\/h3>\n

Scott finished outside the 200 free medals at the British trials<\/a> in April behind Matt Richards<\/strong>, Dean and James Guy<\/strong>, the quartet who made up the gold-medal winning 4×2 squad in Tokyo.<\/p>\n

The 26-year-old won bronze at his last World Championships<\/strong> at Gwangju 2019<\/strong>, when he refused to pose for medal-winners\u2019 photographs<\/a> with Sun Yang<\/strong> before the now-banned Chinese unleashed his anger for all the world to see.<\/p>\n

He\u2019s won European and Commonwealth titles over four lengths but will now find himself in the unaccustomed position of looking on as Richards and Dean contest the individual before reuniting for the relay in which they won bronze last year.<\/p>\n

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Tom Dean & Duncan Scott: Photo Courtesy: Georgie Kerr, British Swimming<\/p><\/div>\n

Scott said:<\/p>\n

\u201cAt the start of the season, I didn\u2019t sit here wanting not to swim the 200m free.<\/p>\n

\u201cBut that\u2019s the beauty I guess of the British Championships; we\u2019ve got such good depth in the 200m free, and other events, that you\u2019ve got to be at your very best at the trials. I fell short of that and that\u2019s fine.<\/p>\n

\u201cSo this is going to be a good opportunity to try out doing just one individual event and I\u2019m looking forward to that \u2013 it\u2019s going to be quite an exciting and quite a unique experience for me.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere\u2019ll be\u00a0a real relay focus on some days and then all-in for the 200m IM which is kind of cool.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

He added:<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019ll just need to wait and see how this year goes. I\u2019ve not lost any ambition in the 200m free at all, if anything, it\u2019s made me hungrier because I want to get back in there.<\/p>\n

\u201cThat’s the beauty of the 200m free in Britain \u2013 people are fighting for places. I think Matt and Deano are going to do a superb job and it\u2019ll be really good to watch them go head-to-head internationally but also see how they fare against the best from around the world too.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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