Boglarka Kapas Crushes Meet Record in 1500 Free

Photo Courtesy: Kat Dodd

Hungary’s Boglarka Kapas followed up her 800-meter free win with another distance triumph as she dominated the women’s 1500-meter free at the 2016 European Championships.

Kapas clocked a winning time of 15:50.22. That’s nearly 20 seconds better than the previous world best of 16:08.38 clocked by Mireia Belmonte at the Spanish Spring Nationals. It also crushed Belmonte’s meet record of 15:57.29 set back in 2014 at the Berlin edition of the meet.

Kapas won by nearly 10 seconds as Belmonte took second in 16:00.20 for the second spot in the world rankings.

Spain’s Maria Vilas Vidal wound up taking third overall in a time of 16:01.25, now third in the world rankings.

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