Fresh off a day where she turned in double-digit swims, Hungarian machine Katinka Hosszu was back for more on night three of Hungarian Nationals, taking part in seven more races tonight. The performance of the night, however, goes to Gergely Gyurta, who dominated the men’s 1500 meter freestyle from start-to-finish, clocking in at 14:57.44. That swim puts Gyurta at #5 in the world for 2014, giving him a great confidence boost for the upcoming European Championships.
After cruising through a pair of semifinals to open the session (second in the 50 meter backstroke, fourth in the 100 meter breaststroke), Hosszu had a tight race with Boglarka Kapas in the women’s 400 meter freestyle. Hosszu, who finished second in 4:06.81, had a lead through 300 meters, but Kapas had more finishing speed over the final 100 to get to the wall first in 4:06.55, her best time of 2014.
Following a short break during the men’s 100 freestyle semifinal (where Kacper Majchrzak was first in 49.96–the only swimmer to break 50 seconds), Hosszu was back in the women’s 100 butterfly semifinal, where she finished sixth in 1:00.80. Silvia Di Pietro, winner of last night’s 50 butterfly, and Elena Di Liddo led a 1-2 Italian finish, touching in 58.52 and 58.62, respectively. In her final individual event of the night, Hosszu grabbed gold in the women’s 50 backstroke, touching in 28.78, just ahead of Carlotta Zofkova (28.90). To finish off the session, Hosszu participated in both the women’s and mixed 4×100 freestyle relays.
Tamas Kenderesi came back to narrowly clip Bence Biczo in the men’s 200 fly, 1:56.31 to 1:56.40, and Italy’s Mattia Pesce won the 50 breaststroke in 27.80 to finish off the session.
Thanks, Braden and Atento! Swimming seems to be even more of a family affair in Hungary than in the US, and that’s saying something! Maybe I’m the only one, but personally I’d love it if mention could be made of family/sibling relationships a little more, because I’m always left wondering. For example, Molly Kowal just won the 400 IM at PV LC Seniors; any relation to Kristy Kowal, Olympic medalist and former world record holder, who is also from PA?
Danjohnrob – it’s a delicate walk, because every time we mention a sibling relationship, inevitably somebody’s feelings get hurt because they think they’re being treated as though they’re only noteworthy as “such and such’s little sister” or “such and such’s third cousin.”
We’ll see if we can point those things out more frequently, k?
For what it’s worth – Molly and Kristy are NOT related. Just a great coincidence.
Wow! Fast reply! I barely had time to refresh the page! LOL! THANK YOU! I guess I wasn’t thinking of how the athlete would feel so no worries, but as I said, swim geeks like myself wonder :)!
He is daniel’s younger brother. And if you look at one photo you will see ao similar their faces are
Does anybody know if Gergely is related to Daniel or if Gyurta is just one of those common Hungarian names?
Danjohnrob – Gergely is Daniel’s younger brother!