\u201cIt is absolutely good now, 1: 54.9, I did not even think that so much could come together after illness.<\/p>\n

“I knew Tomi was going to go from the beginning, as always, so I let go, I thought maybe I could catch him in the last fifty, I ended up pretty close to him after all.<\/p>\n

“As I am, the time under 1:55 is absolutely okay, the fact that I was second is not interesting at all at the moment. \u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

There was some disruption minutes before the women’s 200 fly when world champion Boglarka Kapas\u00a0<\/strong>withdrew after suddenly feeling unwell.<\/p>\n

Following consultation with her coaches and input from Hungarian national team coach Csaba S\u00f3s<\/strong>, the six-time European champion pulled out of the final.<\/p>\n

The 27-year-old – who tested positive for the coronavirus in March –\u00a0had been feeling unwell for a week and a half and is awaiting test results.<\/p>\n

In her absence and with Katinka Hosszu<\/strong> also not competing, the final was won by Zsuzsanna Jakabos<\/strong> in 2:10.06.<\/p>\n

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Boglarka Kapas: Photo Courtesy: LEN<\/p><\/div>\n
\u201cUnfortunately, I got sick shortly before the race started.\u00a0This condition has lasted for a week and a half, sometimes it is dizziness, nausea, and then again everything returns to normal.<\/p>\n
“I went for tests and we are waiting for the results for the time being\u2026<\/p>\n
“Anyway, the warm-up was absolutely good even now, I was preparing to start my time with 2:06, and then suddenly I felt bad again.<\/p>\n
“I think I could have swim in the final anyway, maybe I would win by 2:09, but it is not known if I would have been any worse after that.<\/p>\n
“My coaches discouraged me from taking risks, Csaba S\u00f3s also advised me not to leave.<\/p>\n
“I am terribly sorry because I wanted to swim very well\u2026 I hope this will not be a problem in the coming days and I may try again. \u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
Kapas’ fiance Adam Telegdy<\/strong> had been expecting to see her swim following his own efforts in the 100 backstroke.<\/p>\n
The\u00a0Rio Olympian had scorched to a PB of 53.72 in Tuesday’s heats, 0.32 outside Cseh’s Hungarian record from the 2012 Olympics.<\/p>\n
However, he couldn’t replicate such a performance on Wednesday morning and his time of 54.30 was 0.45 outside the Tokyo qualification time.<\/p>\n
Gerda Szilagyi<\/strong> won the women’s event in 1:01.09 ahead of\u00a0Katalin Burian<\/strong> (1:01.13), the latter having been just 0.04secs outside the Olympic qualifying time of 1:00.25 in Tuesday’s heats.<\/p>\n
Maxim Lobanovszkij\u00a0<\/strong>won the men’s 50 free in 21.84 ahead of Nandor Nemeth<\/strong> (22.36) and Szebasztian Szabo<\/strong> (22.39) with visiting Austrian Nina Gangl<\/strong> taking the women’s title in 25.59.<\/p>\n
Gergely Gyurta<\/strong> and Akos Kulmar<\/strong> fought out a 1500 free duel which saw the former take the lead in the penultimate 50 to win in 15:08.50 to 15:08.63.<\/p>\n
Ajna Kesely<\/strong> won the 800 free in 8:37.45.<\/p>\n
Csaba Szilagyi<\/strong> won the men’s 100 breaststroke in 59.99 – the only sub-minute performance – with Petra Halmai<\/strong> twice lowering her PB to win the women’s event in 1:08.02.<\/p>\n
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