2017 HUNGARIAN NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS
- April 19th-22nd, 2017
- Debrecen, Hungary
- LCM
- Results
- Day 1 Recap
- Day 2 Recap
- Day 3 Recap
On day 4 of the 2017 Hungarian National Championships, junior standout Kristof Milak pulled off the upset over international veteran Laszlo Cseh in the 100 fly. Milak, a European Junior champion, roared to a 51.98 in the final to take gold ahead of Cseh’s 52.36. That knocked nearly a full second off his previous lifetime best 52.84 and makes him the 8th fastest 100 butterflier in the world this year.
Iron lady Katinka Hosszu stepped up to the blocks 4 times in tonight’s finals session. In 2 of her races, she added to her gold medal total. Hosszu popped off a 28.54 to win the 50 back and a 1:57.29 to win the 200 free. She also earned a silver medal in the 100 fly (59.15) and finished 6th in the 800 free (8:56.23).
Olympic medalist Boglarka Kapas picked up the 800 free title on her birthday. Her margin of victory was greater than 6 full second, as her 8:24.76 put her well ahead of fellow distance standout Ajna Kesely (8:31.05). Kapas’ winning time was a season best, which moved her up in the world rankings from 10th to 5th. Kesely is now ranked 18th in the world, just 2 places behind Hosszu, who boasts a seaon best time of 8:30.93 from the Flanders Speedo Cup.
“I am satisfied with today’s swim. I think I can be satisfied with that time. These fantastic bouquets of flowers which I had received for my birthday on the podium are impressive.” –Boglarka Kapas
Additional Day 4 Event Winners:
- Men’s 200 free- Peter Bernek, 1:48.54
- Women’s 100 fly- Liliana Szilagyi, 59.04
- Men’s 1500 free- Gergely Gyurta, 15:05.12
- Men’s 50 back- Richard Bohus, 25.16
- Women’s 50 breast- Flora Molnar, 32.12
- Men’s 50 breast- Daniel Gyurta, 28.11
I don’t know if this is part of Phelp’s legacy, but men’s 200 fly is going to be CRAZY in the next couple of years. Kenderesi, Milak, Horomura, Zhuhao and Carini are all 20 years or younger and all of them have been sub 1:55.50 this season already (Which is almost 1 full second faster than the german national record …). Milak, Horomura and Zhuhao all could still compete at junior world championships. If they do, this might be the best race we have ever seen at junior world championships. I know that american fans won’t agree with me here and this prediction is probably way too early, but i am convinced that the men’s 200 fly medals in Tokyo… Read more »
+Thomaslurzfan Don’t count on it. Think back to 2012, OOOH CHAD’S GONNA BREAK THE 200 FLY WORLD RECORD NEXT TIME. People sometimes have one phenomenal swim that they’ll never have again. There have been people who’ve gone sub 1:54 in 200 fly, but Phelps did it so often. He’d have a phenomenal swim every time.1:51.51 200 fly may never be topped.Then again, it may be. New people may step up and shine in Tokyo, seizing the medals of the medalists of the previous Olympics.
Maybe people said that (not me), but he still has time to do so …
Horomura, Zhuhao and Milak are all clearly faster than Le Clos at the same age, there is no reason to think that they won’t continue to improve or that they already had the best swim of their lives. I don’t want to get into a discussion whether one of them will ever break the world record or not and of course it will basically be impossible for them to ever become as dominant as Phelps, even if we only look at Phelps in the 200 fly and exclude all his other events. I am just saying that, if you look at the current level… Read more »
M200fly was Wednwsday, on the 1st day in Debrecen.
Kenderesi (1996) 1:54.89, Milak (2000) 1:55.41, Tekauer (1998) 1:56.44, Cseh (1985) 1:56.82, Biczo (1993) 1:56.83, Verraszto (1988) 1:56.98
Pretty good for a country like this size, not?
Biczo won the 2010 youth olympics as a 17 yo, beating Chad Le Clos, with a time of 1:55.89. Quite disappointing that he hasn’t done better since then.
That’s true, he had some better times than Phelps at the same age and now he is the 5th in Hungary.
Who would you have predicted would win the 200 fly medals in rio back in 2013? I guanartee whoever you did, it wasn’t Phelps, Kendersi, or Sakai
My prediction would have been Phelps, Le Clos and one out of Seliskar/Sakai.
To me there was never a doubt that Phelps would come back, Le Clos was the defending champion and Seliskar/Sakai finished top 2 at the junior world championships that year.
If you would have asked me one year later it would have been Phelps, Le Clos and Kenderesi (who won gold at the youth olympics that year with a new junior world record). Horomura won gold at the 2015 junior world championships and Zhuhao is the new junior world record holder, i think there is a good chance that they will have the same progression as Sakai/Kenderesi.
Believe me or not (i have no proof), but it’s ridiculous to say that no one saw Sakai/Kenderesi (Kenderesi at least from 2014 on) coming.
+Thomaslurzfan I’m embarrassed to say that before Rio, I never heard of Sakai or Kenderesi 😛
(time to be called someone who doesn’t follow swimming) I care more about my own swimming, plus I was/is Phelps’s biggest fan besides his coach and family. He’s the one who got me into swimming years ago.
Great picture of surprise on Laszlo’s face!
Laszlo congratulated to Kristof with a nod in the pool, and do you know what was said by Kristof also from the water? “Bocsi” It is the fondler form of sorry in Hungarian. 15 years of age difference…
Hungary seems to have a future in swimming even after the retirement of Cseh and Hosszu …
I think they will always win 2-4 medals at global championships even then.
Kesely (200/400 free), Kapas (400/800 free), Szilagy (200 fly), Nemeth (100 free), Milak (100/200 fly) and Kenderesi (200 fly) will always be good for a couple of medals.
Kesely 800,1500 too, Kapas 1500, Szilagyi 100, Milak is good in 200 free too, and there are some more. Fanni Gyurinovics, Dora Hathazi, Reka Vecsei, David Lakatos and some more. Lets’s see the European and World Junior Championships.
I was only talking about olympic events. I don’t really see Kesely ever winning medals at 800 free and Szilagyi winning medals in the 100 fly is more than unlikely. Milak seems to be really talented in the 200 free, but he should probably focus on 100/200 fly, i don’t see him being world class in all those events. 1:48.82 is a really good time for a 17 year old, but his 100/200 fly times are far more impressive. With 1:48.82 you won’t have the slightest chance of making it out of the heats at global championships, on the other hand he has a realistic chance to make the 100/200 fly final with his recent times.
Good time for Boglarka Kapas. No doubts she will be under 8:20 again this season. How deep under this mark is hard to predict. After Olympic Games in Rio she publicly announced the ambitious plan of chasing Katie Ledecky by bettering her personal bests by 2 sec per year. But I suddenly realized that she has to beat first the time of another America legend. The time that was set 30 (!) years ago. Janet Evans. That is how we should measure greatness: Janet Evans and Krisztina Egerszegi still would be able to medal at major events.
This was said about Tokyo. She is in heavy training, with a very little rest for the Nationals. She has the best time in 400-1500 this period. Ajna Kesely will be great for Tokyo too, don’t forget it.
Tokyo is three years away, but Budapest is three months close. Doesn’t Boglarka want to shine at home WC. Jazz Carlin would be most likely out of competition this year. But there will be no rest for Kapas:
15 yo Li Bingjie – 1:56.74 – 4:02.52 – 8:20.89 – 16:20.40 – fast with great endurance.
That is the real threat to Boglarka’s medals this year.
Yeh, and don’t forget Titmus. I think (hope) that Bogi will swim 3 medals. The 400 will be the most difficult.
Kesely is a great talent, but Li Bingjie and Titmus are probably even bigger talents, so it will be hard for her to win medals in the future. Ledecky will probably continue sweeping 200/400/800 free, so there are only 6 medals left. Kesely seems to be more of a 200/400 swimmer than a 400/800 swimmer, so i have a hard time seeing her winning medals at 800 free. With Oleksiak, Ikee, Ruck, all the young chinese girls and maybe Steenbergen in the 200 free, i think her best chance will be to fight for silver/bronze in the 400 free against Li Bingjie/Titmus/Smith.
Kesely swam 16:14.35 (1st day) and 8:31.05 (last day) at Nationals.
Kesely has the kind of speed that would be great for open water. She needs a distance longer than 1500m.
51.89 is a big time swim for a 17year old. You got to figure Milak is going to get a lot faster. What other events is he swimming at Nationals?
Milak swim 200 fly, silver medal, time: 1:55.41
200fly 1:55.41 (1st day) 200free 1:48.82 ( last day, 20 minutes after the 100fly). He swam 100 free, some 50m, and different relays too.
That W100Fly 59.04 is a nice one, too. Is that a PB from her?
She has been 1.5s faster
Thank you. That event is really becoming the less predictable one.
I think the M200Br will be.
Between who? The 2 japanes guys + ?
I don’t see Balandin coming out of nowhere again, so that basically leaves us with 1 or 2 american guys + MAYBE Chupkov.
So at least 5 guys according to you. But it’s not so simple. Everybody who will be in the final could win it.
Sorry, but you obviously didn’t understand my comment, i said the exacte opposite. At most 5 guys will fight for the medals, but it is more likely that it will be between the two japanese guys and one of the american guys. Anyway … i’d suggest that we wait for the german (Koch) and american trials before we make final predictions.
How so? Sjöstrom is guaranteed gold, the other medals should be between Oleksiak, Ikee and maybe one of the american/chinese girls.
In my opinion the most unpredictable events at the moment are (not in any certain order):
Women’s 200 fly
Women’s 100 breast (hopefully Efimova won’t sweep the 100/200 breast)
Women’s 200 back
Women’s 100 free
Men’s 100 free
Men’s 200 fly
For me the most unpredictable events at this moment would have to be women’s 200 back and men’s 200 fly.
I think in men’s 50 free it will be between Proud, Manaudou, maybe McEvoy/Morozov/Sedov and 1 or 2 american guys, so you might also call this event pretty open.
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U can name the Us guys in the 50 free : Its between Adrian , Dressel and Ervin .
So what is your point? I said 1 or 2 american guys and at the moment no one knows which american guys will be selected and who good of a form they will have in about 4 months. Of course it would have made no sense to name all 3, because only 2 can be selected …
50ms and100ms are always unpredictable, except SS and AP. Hosszu will win the IM’s (200m with WR) that’s for sure. The W100m back is another question for Hosszu because of the schedule. Otherwise at least 4-5 girls can win the 100 back. I think Hosszu will win the 200 back and Kenderesi(or Cseh) the 200 fly.
You should have named yourself “HungarianFanboyNr1”, because that’s what you apparently are.
So from the fact that Hosszu is much slower than she has been at the same time the last couple of years you just conclude that she will swim a new world record? Hosszu is the favorite to win the 200 IM, but she has to be close to her form from last year, otherwise SMOC might very well beat her. In the 100 back it’s not really up to her anymore whether she wins the gold or not, if Masse swims at her best, then Hosszu can’t really do much. Hosszu might very well win the 200 back, considering that 2:06 high might be enough to… Read more »
I never name myself Nr1, but as a Hungarian I can be a fan of the Magyars. SMOC at the moment isn’t inside the British team, she was disqualified at the trials. Hosszu will be on her peak in Budapest, on the first day nobody can beat her in 200IM. This year’s “form” dosn’t matter there’s only one important race, the Worlds.
That is a huge swim from Milak. Isn’t he like 16?
He is born in 2000. 16-17 years old
He was born on 20th February 2000.