Kristof Milak went 1:52.58 in the 200
fly at the Hungarian Championships in Kaposvár – a time only he, Michael Phelps
and Daiya Seto have bettered.
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It was the 10th-fastest swim of the
Olympic and world champion’s career topped by his 1:50.34 world record from the
2022 World Championships in Budapest and the 14th fastest in history.
He holds the five fastest times in
history ahead of Phelps’ best performance of 1:51.51 from the 2009 worlds with
Seto the only other man to have gone inside Milak’s time in Kaposvár, the
Japanese swimmer with a best of 1:52.53 from the FINA Champions Swim Series in
January 2020.
The 23-year-old now leads this year’s
world rankings by almost two seconds having displaced Ilya Kharun, who had led
the way with 1:54.49.
Splits: 25.13/54.00 (28.87)/1:23.14
(29.14)/1:52.58 (29.44)
Richard Marton was second in 1:55.62
with Dominik Torok third in 1:59.63.
It was Milak’s 12th journey inside
1:53, a voyage made by only five men other than the Hungarian in the shape of
Phelps – on five occasions – László Cseh (twice), Chad Le Clos, Seto and
Takeshi Matsuda – the quintet achieving it a total of 10 times between them.
Milak said:
“I felt that it was a good rhythmic,
easy swim, without tension, and the time was roughly right, so I am satisfied.
“Now, anyway, we did a slightly
different type of work in the training camp, more focus was placed on the
100-200 sprints, because I want to progress there as well.”
Milak will head to the World Championships
in Fukuoka having never been beaten over four lengths in a senior long-course
pool.
It followed his 48.40 victory in the
100 free on the opening day of the meet on Wednesday and he returned on
Thursday shortly after his 200 fly to finish second in the 50 free.
Szebasztián Szabo was the only man
inside 22secs in 21.82 with Milak clocking 22.06 and Nikola Miljenic in 22.29.
Senánszky AT The Double: Leaves
Finswimming Behind
Petra Senánszky won the women’s 50
free in 24.97 with a huge 1.06sec margin of victory over Evelyn Verraszto
(26.03) and Lilla Minna Abraham (26.20).
It was Senánszky’s second gold of the
meet following her 100 free gold on Wednesday in 54.43.
The 29-year-old is now focused on
pool swimming after years of competing in finswimming in which she won five
golds at the World Games in the 50 and 100 bi-fins and 4×50 obstacle.
Boglárka Kapás won the women’s 200
fly in 2:08.86 ahead of Dalma Sebastyen (2:09.70) and Zsuzsanna Jakabos
(2:10.67).
Benedek Bendegúz Kovács was 0.27
outside Laszlo Cseh’s Hungarian 100 back record in 53.67 ahead of Ádám Jaszo
(54.18) and Richárd Bohus (54.42).
Kovacs also won the 50 back on the
opening day in 25.20.
Cseh’s national mark of 53.40 has
stood since the 2012 Olympics in London and Kovács‘ time elevates him to
third-fastest in Hungarian history behind Bohus and his 53.51 in Tokyo.
Kristóf Rasovszky added the 400 free
to his 1500 victory on the opening day in 3:47.33 ahead of Balázs Hollo
(3:48.15) and Dávid Betlehem (3:48.33).
Ajna Kesely won the women’s 400 in
4:06.35 with Bettina Fabian (4:08.26) and Nikolett Padar (4:11.23) next home.
On Wednesday, Gábor Zombori booked
his ticket to Fukuoka with a 1:58.94 effort in the 200IM.
Photo Courtesy: Giorgio Scala /
Deepbluemedia / Insidefoto
by LIZ BYRNES - EUROPE CORRESPONDENT
SWIMMING WORLD MAGAZINE
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