2019 HUNGARIAN NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS
- Wednesday, March 27th – Saturday, March 30th
- Debrecen Swimming Pool Complex, Debrecen, Hungary
- LCM
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19-year-old Youth Olympic Games champion Kristof Milak came out as the 200m fly king on day 1 of the 2019 Hungarian National Championships. After setting himself up to be the man to beat with his morning effort of 1:55.43, the teen cranked things up a notch in tonight’s final, stopping the clock at a mighty 1:53.19 to take the title.
Splitting 54.28/58.91, Milak held off a charging Tamas Kenderesi, who wound up touching just .23 later in 1:53.42. The Olympic bronze medalist’s time tonight hacked a massive 4 seconds off of his morning effort of 1:57.45 that rendered him in 3rd place after heats.
Milak’s 1:53.19 time now checks the World Junior Record holder in as the top swimmer in the world this season, while Kenderesi settles in at the #2 spot in the world rankings. For Milak, his effort also inserts itself as the 15th fastest performance ever in the event. He already holds the 6th fastest with the 1:52.71 he threw down at last year’s European Championships.
2018-2019 LCM MEN 200 FLY
MILAK
1.50.73 *WR
| 2 | Tamas KENDERESI | HUN | 1.53.42 | 03/27 |
| 3 | Gianluca URLANDO | USA | 1.53.84 | 06/14 |
| 4 | Daiya SETO | JPN | 1.53.86 | 07/24 |
| 5 | Chad LE CLOS | RSA | 1.54.15 | 07/24 |
Olympic icon Laszlo Cseh had a chance to medal, sliding into the 2nd spot after prelims with a quick mark of 1:55.81. That was already faster than what he produced last year at the European championships, as well as cleared the FINA A cut for this summer’s World Championships.
But, the 33-year-old veteran was shut out of the medals by 26-year-old Biczo Bence who snared the bronze in a time of 1:56.13, his fastest time in 2 years. Cseh settled for 4th place tonight in 1:56.70, still a respectable time for the much-loved Hungarian.
This is Kenderesi’s PB with 29.15 in the final 50 and Milak’s 3rd best with 29.84 last 50.
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Any video of the race?
https://www.mediaklikk.hu/video/uszo-orszagos-bajnoksag-1-nap/
200 fly from about 1:06:00
In a duel meet, Hungary could probably outscore USA in the 200 fly, male or female!
If there was a 4×200 fly Hungary could put a good 5 to 6 seconds to 2ND place
where is Urlando on World rankings. He went 155 last month…
Wow!
Also, poor Cseh somehow always performs worse in the finals. Hope he gets it done in the 100, otherwise this might be it for him.
He still have his good old 200 IM… 100 he might have a bigger shot as Kenderesi is not strong on this event
Milak swam the 1.52.7 at nationals not at Europeans. Just a little correction 😁
Just a little correction: Milak swam 1:52.71 at nationals and 1:52.79 in Glasgow.
Wow. Maybe Hungary can finish 1-2 in this event at the World Champs.
Only a handful of guys can stop that.. Le Clos is the strongest bet, Seto (Maybe), I don´t know if Sakai and Horamura are still swimming
Sakai and Horomura are still swimming, but their results last year were not very good. Let’s see whether they can return to their previous level at next week’s Japan National. And yes, I won’t count out Le Clos and Seto who both broke SC 200 fly WR last winter in China, but it looks like they have to perform at their best to beat the Hungarian duo. Really looking forward to a great race this summer.
Hungary has always had a history of producing 2flyers but this was the real deal race!