{"id":456844,"date":"2020-12-11T07:13:46","date_gmt":"2020-12-11T14:13:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/?p=456844"},"modified":"2024-10-28T11:01:03","modified_gmt":"2024-10-28T18:01:03","slug":"kapas-returns-after-sudden-withdrawal-for-400im-victory-at-hungarian-championships","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/kapas-returns-after-sudden-withdrawal-for-400im-victory-at-hungarian-championships\/","title":{"rendered":"Kapas Returns After Sudden Withdrawal For 400IM Victory At Hungarian Championships"},"content":{"rendered":"

Boglarka Kapas<\/strong> made a welcome return to the water following her sudden onset of illness earlier this week to claim victory in the 400IM at the Hungarian Championships<\/strong> in Kaposvar.<\/p>\n

There were also wins for Nandor Nemeth<\/strong>, the morning after he set a new national 100 free record of 48.08 in the Thursday evening heats and Adam Telegdy <\/strong>and Katalin Buri\u00e1n\u00a0<\/strong>in the men’s and women’s 200 back respectively with both producing best morning times.<\/p>\n

Kapas had to withdraw from the final of the 200 fly – in which she is world champion – on Wednesday morning after feeling unwell and on Thursday she revealed she was diagnosed this summer with Hashimoto\u2019s Thyroiditis.<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

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But on Friday morning, the Olympic 800 free bronze medallist returned to the pool to stop the clock first in the longer medley in 4:42.06 following a duel with Vikt\u00f3ria Mih\u00e1lyv\u00e1ri-Farkas<\/strong>.<\/p>\n
Kapas told musz.hu:<\/p>\n
“It wasn\u2019t until Wednesday morning that I felt bad unfortunately, but I\u2019ve gotten better and better since then, so I told my coach, I\u2019ll take on the 400IM.<\/p>\n
“I\u2019m glad it worked out that way, both the victory, the time, and the fact that I managed to win a very good race.<\/p>\n
“4:38 is my personal best, today (I’ve swum) 42, which is a peak plus three and four seconds<\/p>\n
“I think that\u2019s perfectly good, especially since 400 is so long and I\u2019m mostly preparing for the 200 fly.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
David Verraszto<\/strong> won the men’s 400IM – in which he has won the last three European titles – in 4:15.71.<\/p>\n
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Nandor Nemeth: Photo Courtesy: Peter H. Bick<\/p><\/div>\n
Nemeth couldn’t replicate his time from the prelims on Friday morning but claimed victory in 48.67 ahead of Kristof Milak<\/strong> (49.20).<\/p>\n
He rued missing out on going sub-48 saying:<\/p>\n
\u201cThe nine one-hundredths that were missing for 47 last night still hurt a bit because I could have known that morning being morning, the record won\u2019t really get a chance now.<\/p>\n
“Of course, we started to prepare for this, as we will have to swim well in the Olympics in the morning as well, and if I get to the semi-finals, I will still have to accelerate there by at least five tenths compared to my individual best in the morning if I want to reach the finals.<\/p>\n
“From September onwards, we swim heavily in the morning for this very reason, but the team still has a lot of work to do, because for the time being, performance is still better in the afternoon.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
Fanni Gyurinovics<\/strong> won the women’s race in 55.45.<\/p>\n
Telegdy added the 200 back title to his 100 crown with a fine performance to win in 1:56.82.<\/p>\n
Splits<\/em>; 27.57\/57.45\/1:27.39\/1:56.82<\/p>\n
His time was a morning PB which bodes well for Tokyo although he wasn’t impressed by his own race strategy.<\/p>\n
He said:<\/p>\n
\u201cIn the warm-up I wanted to go at least half a second better but this one is perfectly fine now.<\/p>\n
“I\u2019ve never swum 1:56 in the morning. Since I did very well in the 100, I was confident for the 200, maybe a little too confident, which is why I started so strongly.<\/p>\n
“If I do it a little calmer and start six to seven tenths slower, the end is different. That\u2019s why I\u2019m a little unhappy, because otherwise the win and the morning time are perfectly fine.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
Katalin Buri\u00e1n<\/strong> won the women’s race in 2: 08.92 with splits of 30.40\/1:02.82\/1:35.75.<\/p>\n
It was the best she has ever gone in the morning and reward for her strategy which saw her conserve energy during Thursday’s prelims.<\/p>\n
She said:<\/p>\n
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\u201cI set aside a bit in the afternoon to be good in the final and it worked because I\u2019ve never swum such a good time in the morning.<\/p>\n
“That is why I am very grateful to my coach, Zsolt Plag\u00e1nyi. I’m not in the right shape yet, I haven’t been at my best lately, but now everything is getting better and better.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
Christopher Rothbauer,\u00a0<\/b>of Austria, won the men’s 200br in 2:12.12 with David Horvath<\/strong> the first Hungarian home in 2:13.16.<\/p>\n
Eszter Bekesi<\/strong> won the women’s race in 2:28.31.<\/p>\n
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