One thing about the 2019 World Championships made it the perfect testing ground for American swimmers ahead of the Olympics: the time zone
The world championships in swimming the year before the Olympics are the perfect opportunity to test race strategies and size up the competition. For Team USA, this week’s championships in Gwangju, South Korea, also served as an ideal dress rehearsal for Tokyo 2020 thanks to one small quirk about the host city: the time zone.
The worlds took place in a near identical environment to the 2020 Tokyo Games. Japan’s capital is in the same time zone as Gwangju—or 16 hours ahead of the West Coast, where dozens of American swimmers...
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