The 2 most up-to-date world champions of Hungarian pool swimming, and on Thursday, he appeared within the joint European Championship ultimate in Belgrade, within the 100 butterfly, i.e. on Milák’s discipline, since he received the gold medal within the occasion on the final World Cup by which he participated, the 2022 World Championships in Budapest. Nevertheless, Hubert Kós swam the very best time within the semi-finals, and Milák swam subsequent to him within the triple course within the ultimate.
Hubert Kós additionally received his first particular person medal on the European Championships (Picture: MTI/István Derencsényi)
Kristóf Milák and Hubert Kós additionally swam within the morning in Belgrade, with totally different outcomes: After the 50 butterfly, Milák did not even make it to the European semi-finals within the 200 breaststroke, however Kós did the identical simply within the 50 backstroke.
Shut battle between Kristóf Milák and Hubert Kós
Within the finals, the German Armbruster began the strongest on the surranó observe, adopted by Milák and Kós at 50.
The German couldn’t sustain the tempo, however Milák maintained his benefit over his compatriot. Kristóf Milák received his first medal since his return, gold instantly within the 100 butterfly, with a time of fifty.82 seconds. If we solely have a look at the European Championship outcomes, the omission of the swimmer isn’t even noticeable: after 2020 and 2022, he received the 100 butterfly for the third time.
After successful medals in two relays, Hubert Kós additionally reached the primary particular person podium place on the European Championships in Belgrade with 50.96. Half an hour later, Kós was already swimming once more, reaching the ultimate on Friday with the eighth time within the 50 backstroke.
Ádám Jászó will even have an interest within the 50 backstroke ultimate, he swam the sixth finest time within the semi-finals. The morning program didn’t go so properly for Jászó, he jumped into the pool too early through the relay, which is why our males’s 4×100 relay was excluded from the preliminary race.
Eszter Békési (200 breaststroke) may also swim within the ultimate on Friday, in addition to and Jack Vivien (1500 IM).
Ábrahám Minna: European silver and Olympic stage
Along with Milák and Kós, we had yet one more medalist on Thursday: Minna Ábrahám completed second within the ultimate of the 200 dash, and he additionally managed to flee the Olympic stage time.
Within the girls’s 50 backstroke, Lora Komoróczy completed the EC in fourth place.
