Caba Siladi, Sebastian Sabo Swim to National Records; Hosszu, Kapas, Jakabos Shine

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Caba Siladi broke a Serbian national record swimming at the 2019 Hungarian Open National Championships and moved into the top performer in the world in the process. Siladi won the 50 breast in a time of 26.83, the fastest time in the world this year. China’s Zibei Yan had gone a 26.96 in March. Other notable performances include Brazil’s Felipe Lima (26.97) and Great Britain’s Adam Peaty (26.99), both also set in March.

The previous career-best swim for Siladi was 26.99 at the 2018 European Championships.

Siladi, 28, also won the 100 breast at Hungarian nationals, clocking a 59.40.

There were several other big performances to come out of Hungarian nationals is the 100 fly where Sebastian Sabo won in 51.34 to overtake Kristof Milak (51.50) and German Marius Kusch (51.35), fresh off of his dominating performance at the NCAA Division II Championships.

Sabo became the second-fastest in the world this year behind Russia’s Andrei Minakov (51.12). Kusch is third (51.35) from his time in March.

Sabo also got the top time in the world this year in the 50 fly at 22.99, breaking the national record set by Laszlo Cseh (23.06).

Earlier in the meet, Maxim Lobanovskij won the 50 free in 22.19, second fastest performer of the year behind Benjamin Proud (21.71).

Katinka Hosszu won the 200 IM (2:10.05) and the 400 IM (4:35.69). Peter Bernek won the men’s 400 IM (4:12.65), the third fastest in the world this year.

Meanwhile, Nandor Nemeth won the 100 free in 48.17 to break the national record and establish the fifth-fastest time in the world this year.

Zsuzsanna Jakabos won the 100 free in 55.43, while Katalin Buyrian won the 200 back in (2:08.50). Boglarka Kapas won the 200 fly in 2:07.37 to finish ahead of Jakabos, who finished with six medals in the meet.

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Hungary’s Kurdi Zsófi made the medal stand, taking second in the 100 free. She recently announced her commitment to Florida State University as a member of the class of 2024.

Zsófi represents the Hungarian Swimming Federation and is trained by coach György Lörinczi. She has competed at the European Junior Championships the last three years, qualifying for the semi-finals of the 100m breast in 2018. She was the 100m free runner-up at the 2018 Hungarian National Championships and earned a trio of bronze medals at the 2018 SCM National Championships where she set a new age group record in the 100m IM.

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Thomas A. Small

5 years ago

Congratulations all