﻿{"id":627944,"date":"2025-11-30T15:26:48","date_gmt":"2025-11-30T22:26:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/?p=627944"},"modified":"2025-11-30T17:22:49","modified_gmt":"2025-12-01T00:22:49","slug":"cam-mcevoy-pumped-to-take-on-the-world-after-a-scorching-21-38-season-opener-in-tokyo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/cam-mcevoy-pumped-to-take-on-the-world-after-a-scorching-21-38-season-opener-in-tokyo\/","title":{"rendered":"Cam McEvoy Pumped To Take On World After Scorching 21.38 Season Opener In Tokyo"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>Cam McEvoy Pumped To Take On The World After A Scorching 21.38 Season Opener In Tokyo <\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The world\u2019s fastest man<strong>, Cam McEvoy,<\/strong> who will now unleash his power against a World Team in Brisbane after a dynamic 21.38 long course 50m freestyle season opener at the Japan Open in Tokyo overnight.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Australia\u2019s Queensland-based 31-year-old Olympic and two-time world champion even surprised himself after only deciding to swim the meet four weeks ago \u2013purely on a gym-based preparation.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Australia v The World short course meet at Brisbane\u2019s Valley Pool on December 12, will see Australia\u2019s Dolphins line up against a European-heavy World\u2019s team in front of a sold out-crowd \u2013 with McEvoy the main attraction over 25m freestyle.<\/p>\n<div class=\"oembed-wrap\">\n<blockquote class=\"instagram-media\" data-instgrm-captioned data-instgrm-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/reel\/DRrRRGpD3oW\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" data-instgrm-version=\"14\" style=\" background:#FFF; 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the same split he did at the Olympics and World Championships.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cI just had a gym focus with mostly sub-max technique work coming into the Japan Open. It is the second year in a row I have done this style of prep and split the same at the 25 as I did at the Olympics and World Championships,\u201d McEvoy revealed on <em>Instagram.<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cThe last 20m is clearly where the specific work really comes into it but I\u2019m super happy to swim 21.38 at this time of the year. 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