Tamas Kenderesi Flys to Second in World Rankings of 200 Fly at Hungary National Championships

(140822) -- NANJING, Aug. 22, 2014 (Xinhua) -- Tamas Kenderesi of Hungary competes during winning men's 200m butterfly event at Nanjing 2014 Youth Olympic Games in Nanjing, east China's Jiangsu Province, Aug. 22, 2014. Kenderesi won the gold medal. (Xinhua/Yang Lei) (ljr)

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The men’s 200-meter fly turned out to be the race of the day with all three top finishers at the Hungary National Championships posting times that ranked in the Top 20 of the world rankings.

Tamas Kenderesi posted a swift 1:54.79 to not only claim first overall in the men’s 200-meter fly but to also move up to second in the world rankings for 2015. Cseh placed second overall with a 1:54.90, tying for third in the world rankings with Chad Le Clos. Bence Biczo finished third with a 1:55.80 for third and eleventh place in the world rankings.

Top Ten Men’s 200-Meter Fly World Rankings

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Prelims of day four kicked off with a 29.21 from Desiree Felner in the women’s 50-meter back. Evelyn Verraszto (30.30) and Reka Gyorgy (30.36) joined her for the second- and third-place seeds respectively.

Felner maintained her first-place standing through semi-finals of the event with a quick 29.05. Sara Joo moved up to the second-place seed with a time of 29.80, while Verraszto took third with a 29.84.

Krisztian Takacs led the men’s 100-meter free with a 50.03. Richard Bohus finished second overall in prelims with a 50.34, while Mohamed Samy Mohamed rounded out the top three with a 50.72.

Tacks kept his lead in semi-finals with a finishing time of 49.84, while Mohamed shaved .82 seconds off his prelims time to move up to second with a 49.90. Peter Holuda moved up to the third-place seed with a 50.20.

Alys Thomas led the women in prelims of the 200-meter fly with a 2:12.15. Lilliana Szilagyi was a close second with a time of 2:12.34, while Zsuszanna Jakabos claimed the third-place seed with a 2:14.21.

It was Jakabos who led the women in semi-finals of the 200-meter fly with a scorching 2:08.29, not too far behind her ninth-place world ranking of 2:07.93. Thomas moved back to the second-place seed with a 2:11.49, while Dalma Sebestyen posted a 2:!1.63 to finish third.

Giovanni Sorriso led the men’s 200-meter IM during prelims with a 2:04.91. Daniel Dudas posted a 2:05.21 for the second-place seed, while Norbert Szabo finished third with a 2:05.99.

Laszlo Cseh moved up to claim the first-place seed in semi-finals of the men’s 200-meter IM with a 2:02.34. Sorriso dropped to second with a 2:02.64, also dropping 2.27 seconds from his prelims time of 2:04.91. Dudas rounded out the top three with a 2:02.67.

Boglarka Kapas turned in a 2:00.10 to claim the win in finals of the women’s 200-meter free. Erika Musso was a close second, finishing in 2:00.29. Ajna Kesely rounded out the top three with a 2:01.58.

Francesco Di Lecce won the men’s 50-meter breaststroke with a final time of 27.86. Nicole Ossola took second with a 27.98, while Gabor Financsek was third with a 28.31.

Akaram Ahmed claimed the win in finals of the men’s 800-meter free with a time of 7:52.46 propelling him to sixth in the world rankings for 2015. Peter Bernek finished second with a time of 7:56.21, while Samuel Pizzetti turned in a time of 8:03.63 for third.

Top Ten Men’s 800-Meter Free World Rankings

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The day ended with the mixed 400-meter medley relay team of Adam Telegdy, David Horvath, Szilagyi and Kesely of Kobanya Sport Club turning in a 3:54.72 to claim the win. Second place went to the relay team from BVSC Zuglo (4:01.56), while BACSVIZ KVSC KESI turned in a 4:03.54 to take third.

2015 Hungary National Championships, Day Four Results – Results

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Hocine TchiKou

8 years ago

wow 1:54.79 ! he really FLYS to the second place especially when we see Le Clos & Cseh in the third place .. he’s not bad at all

Bill Bell

8 years ago

Sr. Cseh was en route to a possible world-leading time @ 150 (1:25.23) but the the proverbial piano came crashing down him that final 50 (29.67 vs. winner’s 28.61) and that was that,

Of course young(18) Master Kenderisii ain’t no slouch either.

He won the gold and set world junior record @ last year’s Youth Olympics in Nanjing (1:55.95).

If he doesn’t get stage-fright @ Kazan he could damage a lot of egos.

Hungarian Hammer

8 years ago

Reply to Bill Bell

29.67 is a really good last split, Phelps only had a 29.83 at the London Olympics. 28.61 on the other hand is incredibly fast, nobody had a last split under 29 seconds at either of the last two Olympics or at any of the last three World Championships.

Jeff Commings

8 years ago

Reply to Hungarian Hammer

Assuming Kenderesi is now a world championship qualifier for Hungary, we could see the Hungarians winning the men’s and women’s 200 fly! There’s a lot of competition surrounding Kenderesi (men’s 200 fly) and Katinka Hosszu (women’s 200 fly), but it’s possible.

Hungarian Hammer

8 years ago

Well, Kenderesi’s place is safe now for the Words, but Hosszú might not swim the 200 fly, it depends greatly on tomorrow’s finals at the Nationals. If Jakabos can post a low 2:07 she can take the second spot from her (Szilágyi is a fix with her 2:06.59 from last year’s Youth Olympics). But either way, I don’t see too much chance for a gold on the women’s side.

omg

8 years ago

Reply to Hungarian Hammer

I am a big fan of Ms Hosszú, but I doubt she could beat Mireia Belmonte on the LC 200 fly. And there are other serious competitors from Australia or not to mention Natsumi Hoshi.

Aaron Guo

8 years ago

28.61 last 50 …wow

Arshia Ronaldo

8 years ago

Reply to Aaron Guo

amazing

Sandra Lynn Rose

8 years ago

This can be your future ? too ??