54TH SETTE COLLI/INTERNATIONAL SWIM MEETING
- Friday, June 23rd – Sunday, June 25th
- Stadio del Nuoto, Rome
- Prelims at 9am local/Finals at 6:30pm local (MEZS, UTC +2)
- LCM
- Start Lists
- Results
19-year-old Flora Molnar broke the Hungarian national record in the 50 fly today in Rome at the 2017 Sette Colli meet. The original record was a 26.43 done way back in 2008 by Bordas Beatrix. Molnar went 26.57 in prelims in Rome this morning, and then she torched a 26.15 to place 4th in finals and break the record, almost getting into the 25-second range.
The 50 fly isn’t Molnar’s only Hungarian record. Last summer, the teenager dropped the first sub-25 50m free for a Hungarian woman in history, posting a 24.95 last July. Prior to Molnar, Hosszu held the national record at 25.19.
Molnar, a commit to the University of Alabama this coming fall, is also scheduled to swim the 100 fly and the 50 free at the Sette Colli meet this weekend. She’s wrapping up her racing soon in preparation for the 2017 World Championships, which will be a home meet for her in Budapest. Molnar was selected to the Hungarian Worlds team to swim the 50 fly, 50 free, and 4×100 free relay. Though she’s already secured her spot on the team, her 26.15 in the 50 fly tonight is now faster than the FINA ‘A’ cut for the event.
Roll Tide!!
Correction: the old record was Bordás Beatrix 26.43 (2008, Belgrade, EJC).
This news is special for the home team. Hungarian swimming is not famous of its fast girls. This is the first time we have a sprinter girl with semi final chances at a WCH,
Thanks for the correction. I was going off of the top Hungarian performances list from the new USA Swimming data hub, but it has been plagued with inaccuracies. It’s been fixed.
Molnar is certainly someone to watch! It’s nice to see swimmers like Kapas, Kesely and Molnar making waves for Hungary, and especially Molnar with the sprints.
She won all 50s but backstoke at Nationals in Debrecen.