Yeah, the 200 is his preferred event. And he was also running into a head wind, so he actually had to run to the line to get the record in the 200. Apparently he didn't even really run the 100 until this year.
everyone was wearing the suit, so its effect was negligible against the other athletes, but it did pretty much ensure that the world records would be shattered this year. also they were swimming in a 10 lane pool (instead of an 8 lane pool) that was slightly deeper than normal which added up to less turbulence/wave…