The focus may be on the big name Americans and Australians but this could be the Games where Russian swimmers could make their biggest splash in the men's events in 25 years.
The best chance of Russia breaking their barren spell is the 200 metres backstroke where Evgeny Rylov is favourite to beat the American defending champion Ryan Murphy. The 100m freestyle is billed as a battle between American favourite Caeleb Dressel and Australia's defending champion Kyle Chalmers but Russia has four of the top 10 times in the world this year with young talents Andrei Minakov and Kliment Kolesnikov both holding podium hopes.
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