{"id":135050,"date":"2015-05-31T10:02:14","date_gmt":"2015-05-31T17:02:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/?p=135050"},"modified":"2015-05-31T10:26:32","modified_gmt":"2015-05-31T17:26:32","slug":"daniel-gyurta-starts-200-breast-world-title-defense-with-strong-swim-in-norway","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/daniel-gyurta-starts-200-breast-world-title-defense-with-strong-swim-in-norway\/","title":{"rendered":"Daniel Gyurta Starts 200 Breast World Title Defense With Strong Swim In Norway"},"content":{"rendered":"

Daniel Gyurta put up his first strong 200 breast of 2015 at the Bergen Swim Festival, starting his journey toward a possible fourth-straight world title in the event.<\/p>\n

Gyurta used his well-known closing speed to overtake Germany\u2019s Marco Koch in the final strokes, winning with a 2:08.58 to Koch\u2019s 2:08.69. Koch was out fast with a 1:02.07, while Gyurta held back with a 1:03.21 at 100 meters. Gyurta blazed to the finish with a 32.64 in the final 50 and post a time that ranks him third in the world behind the 2:07.77 by Yasuhiro Koskeki and the 2:08.34 by Adam Peaty. Koch, the 2013 world silver medalist, sits fifth in the world, with Andrew Willis\u2019 2:08.59 just ahead of him.<\/p>\n

As mentioned above, the 26-year-old Gyurta is gunning for his fourth consecutive win in the 200 breast at the long course world championships. If he wins gold in Kazan, he\u2019ll join Grant Hackett as the only four-time winners in the same individual event.<\/p>\n

Tomas Klobucnik finished a distant third in the men\u2019s 200 breast with a 2:12.30, but he was able to grab a win earlier in the session tonight with a 28.19 to win the 50 breast in the three-man final after participating in two elimination-style rounds in the final. Bram Dekker was second with a 29.03, while Martin Schweizer took third in 29.68.<\/p>\n

A day after posting the second-fastest 200 free in the world<\/a>, Sarah Sjostrom attacked the 100 fly final and won with a 57.67. That\u2019s about a second slower than her world-leading time of 56.58 from earlier this year but still one of the fastest swims of 2015. Katinka Hosszu, not swimming up to her usual performances today, was a distant second with a 1:00.24, just ahead of the 1:00.31 by Emilie Beckman.<\/p>\n

Sjostrom nearly eclipsed her season best of 53.29 in the 100 free with her 53.35 tonight. Her best of the season has her fourth in the world behind the co-leaders Femke Heemskerk and Cate Campbell (52.69) and Cate\u2019s younger sister Bronte (53.04). In a battle for crucial second- and third-place prize money, Pernille Blume took second with a 55.06, while Hosszu was third in 55.34. Cecilie Johannessen was fourth with a 55.48.<\/p>\n

Hosszu did manage to win three events today. She posted a 4:13.43 in the 400 free, then won the 200 IM just a few minutes later with a 2:14.12 and wrapped things up with a 28.16 in the 50 back that was .02 ahead of Mie Neilsen. <\/p>\n

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I raced in all the races in Bergen \ud83d\ude42 I got a little tired, but I'm really happy with my times! Additionally I feel I made huge steps forward towards our big goals. 50 breast 2nd place 32,18 (new PB) 400 free 1st place 4:13 200 IM 1st place 2:14 50 back 1st place 28,16 (new National Record) 100 fly 2nd place 1:00,24 200 breast 3rd place 2:33 100 free 3rd place 55,34 V\u00e9gig versenyeztem az eg\u00e9sz programot Bergenben \ud83d\ude42 Egy picit elf\u00e1radtam, de nagyon \u00f6r\u00fcl\u00f6k az el\u00e9rt id\u0151eredm\u00e9nyeknek! R\u00e1ad\u00e1sul, \u00fagy \u00e9rzem, hogy sokat l\u00e9pt\u00fcnk el\u0151re a nagy c\u00e9ljaink ir\u00e1ny\u00e1ba. 50 mell 2. hely 32,18 (\u00faj egy\u00e9ni cs\u00facs) 400 gyors 1. hely 4:13 200 vegyes 1. hely 2:14 50 h\u00e1t 1. hely 28,16 ( \u00faj orsz\u00e1gos cs\u00facs) 100 pille 2. hely 1:00,24 200 mell 3. hely 2:33 100 gyors 3. hely 55,34 #IronLady #IronNation #IronMode<\/a><\/p>\n

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