THE WAIT WILL SOON BE OVER

2021 OLYMPIC PREDICTIONS THE WAIT WILL SOON BE OVER

THE WORLD CAN FINALLY SEE THE LIGHT AT THE END OF THE TUNNEL: THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC-DELAYED OLYMPICS OF 2020 ARE NOW LESS THAN A WEEK AWAY, SET TO BEGIN WITH THE OPENING CEREMONIES ON FRIDAY, JULY 23—2021—IN TOKYO. AND NOW IT’S TIME TO SEE WHO MIGHT WIN MEDALS IN THE 35 SWIMMING EVENTS— THREE MORE THAN IN 2016, WITH THE DEBUT OF THE WOMEN’S 1500 FREESTYLE, MEN’S 800 FREESTYLE AND THE MIXED 4X100 MEDLEY RELAY. HERE IS SWIMMING WORLD’S EVENT-BY-EVENT ANALYSIS:

BY DAN D’ADDONA, MATTHEW DE GEORGE, JOHN LOHN, DAVID RIEDER AND ANDY ROSS