Swimming

Kazakhstan Spain and Belgium Celebrate Olympic Firsts

By David Rieder.

There was no Phelps, no Ledecky, no Hosszu. Oh sure, all three competed in tonight’s finals sessions at the Olympic Games in Rio, but unlike Tuesday, where the three lorded over their respective individual races, tonight’s finals were hard-to-pick affairs where winners could come from anywhere—any lane, even any country.

Right off the bat, one did.

Just about every qualifier for the 200 breast final was spoken of as a potential gold medal contender. Marco Koch in lane one was the defending World Champion. Japan’s Ippei Watanabe had posted the third-fastest time in history in the semifinals. The USA’s Josh Prenot had posted the second-fastest time in history at Olympic Trials last month. Russia’s Anton Chupkov, swimming in lane seven, was the popular spoiler pick.

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