Pádár Nikolett made a great start to the national championship. The 18-year-old athlete of the Szeged Swimming Association achieved a new personal best (54.41) in the morning preliminaries of the 100-meter freestyle and reached the final of the event with the best time. In the evening, the championship title was not in question either, as Pádár Nikolett won the race with confident competition throughout, and although he fell short of his time in the morning, he won the gold medal with a time of 54.64. Nikolett Pádár has the Olympic A-level time of 200 seconds, but the five-hoop level of 53.61 was not yet the goal of the swimmer from Szeged at the ob.
– I am very happy to be national champion again in 100 meters. I am also satisfied with my time, coming from a training camp, a few months before the Olympics, it is a good result. Later, I will still try to reach the Olympic A-level Nikolett Pádár said after winning the championship.
Panna Ugrai qualified for the finals of the event in third place, and the competitor of Hód Úszó SE also finished third in the finals (time 55.13), thus earning a bronze medal.
In the 1,500-meter freestyle swimming, Bettina Fábián from Szeged, an athlete in the FTC, finished fourth, Anna Olasz from the Szegedi Úszó Egylet finished ninth, Mira Gasztány finished in 21st place, while Flóra Szabó (Hód Úszó SE) achieved the 25th time.
As for the other results of the county’s interest on the opening day, Zita Gonda from Hód Úszó SE was 23rd in the 50-meter backstroke, Márk Musa finished 39th in the 100-meter backstroke, and Kis Lara was 54th in the 50-meter backstroke. Janka Mérai was also interested in two numbers. , finished 44th in the 100 breaststroke and 46th in the 50 backstroke.
On the opening day on Tuesday, Kristóf Milák also competed after a year’s absence, the Olympic champion swimmer won gold in the 100 meter breaststroke with a great time, while the other great returner, Katinka Hosszú, won a bronze medal in the 200 medley, but her time is still far from Olympic level, Zombori Gábor, on the other hand, managed to escape the Olympic level in the 200 meter medley.
The national swimming championship will continue on Wednesday in the Duna Arena, with the semi-finals starting at 9 a.m. and the finals starting at 5 p.m., which will be broadcast live by M4 Sport.
2024-04-09 17:23:26