the hungarian Kristof Milak, The 21-year-old confirmed on Tuesday his status as the undisputed king of the 200 butterfly with a new distance world record, by winning the World Cup final in Budapest with a time of 1.50.34 minutes, revalidating the title he won three years ago in Gwangju.
Milak He lowered by 39 hundredths the record that he himself had held since July 24, 2019 with a time of 1:50.73 and which made the Magyar the first swimmer in history to go below the 1:51 minute barrier.
Hungarian champion sand prevailed in the final after beating the Frenchman by 3.03 seconds Leon Marchand, gold in the Magyar capital in the 400 medley event and on this occasion had to settle for the silver medal with a time of 1.53.37 minutes. The Japanese Tomoru Honda it was bronze.
Hugo González He was left out of the final of the 200 styles, a distance from which he is European champion, after finishing his performance in the semifinals in 12th position, just as he had already done in the 100 backstroke. The Majorcan athlete reduced the time he did to reach the semifinals by 1.12 seconds, but it was not enough to enter the top eight.
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The day served for the resounding debut of the men’s water polo team, the current runner-up in the world, which beat Canada 19-2. It also allowed the free duo formed by Iris Tio and Alisa Ozhogina qualify for the category final with the fifth best grade in the preliminaries, 89.9667 points. First place went to the Chinese pair with 94.5667, followed by the Ukraine with 94.0000 and Austria with 92.0667. The final will be played this Thursday from 4:00 p.m. and the Spanish duo will come out in eleventh and penultimate place.