{"id":599092,"date":"2024-11-08T01:54:20","date_gmt":"2024-11-08T08:54:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/?p=599092"},"modified":"2024-11-08T01:54:20","modified_gmt":"2024-11-08T08:54:20","slug":"hungarian-championships-underway-in-final-qualification-bid-for-short-course-worlds-next-month-in-budapest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/hungarian-championships-underway-in-final-qualification-bid-for-short-course-worlds-next-month-in-budapest\/","title":{"rendered":"Hungarian Championships Underway In Final Qualification Bid For Short-Course Worlds Next Month In Budapest"},"content":{"rendered":"

Hungarian Championships Underway In Final Qualification Bid For Short-Course Worlds Next Month In Budapest<\/h4>\n

The Hungarian Short-Course Championships<\/strong> got under way in Kaposvar ahead of next month’s short-course worlds in Budapest.<\/p>\n

Ajna Kesely<\/strong> and Vivien Jackl<\/strong> dead-heated on the opening night in the 1500 free, going stroke stroke for the entire race before touching in 16:03.83.<\/p>\n

Kesely is still the only Hungarian woman inside 16 minutes with her 15:51.34 national record set en-route to bronze at last year’s European Short-Course Championships in Otopeni, Romania with Jackl now third-swiftest in an age group record.<\/p>\n

Kesely returned on Thursday to take the 400 free in 4:07.33 ahead of Nikolett Padar (4:08.81) and Boglarka Kapas (4:09.27).<\/p>\n

Nandor Nemeth<\/strong> was the only man to break the 47-second barrier in the 100 free, going 46.84 for victory with Panna Ugrai<\/strong> winning the women’s equivalent in 53.29 to Padar’s 53.54 as well as claiming the 50 back title in 27.55. Eszter B\u00e9k\u00e9si won the 100m breaststroke in 1:08.07.<\/p>\n

Gabor Zombori<\/strong> (1:57.65) and Kapas (2:11.98) won the men’s and women’s 200IM respectively.<\/p>\n

Bence Szentes<\/strong> took the men’s 50 back (24.11) with D\u00e1vid Horv\u00e1th<\/strong> winning the 100 breaststroke (59.59) and M\u00e1t\u00e9 Hartmann<\/strong> the 1500 in 14:57.89.<\/p>\n

On Thursday,\u00a015-year-old\u00a0Oliver Papai<\/strong> posted a PB of 3:45.16 to win the 400 free in an age group record.\u00a0Papai held off\u00a0Nandor Negy<\/strong> who won silver in 3:45.22 while Olympic 10k champion Kristof Rasovszky <\/strong>took bronze bronze in 3:45.82.<\/p>\n

Richard Marton<\/strong> won the 200 fly in 1:53.12, Adam Jaszo<\/strong> took the 100 back (51.46) and Szebasztian Szabo<\/strong> claimed the 50 free in 21.49.<\/p>\n

Laura Ily\u00e9s<\/strong> held off the fast-finishing Kapas to win the 200 fly in 2:08.24, Ugrai added the 100 back to her 100 free title in 58.67 while Petra Senanszky<\/strong> and Kiara Victoria Pozvai<\/strong> shared the women’s 50 free in 24.89.<\/p>\n