{"id":601459,"date":"2024-12-11T10:07:24","date_gmt":"2024-12-11T17:07:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/?p=601459"},"modified":"2024-12-11T12:10:47","modified_gmt":"2024-12-11T19:10:47","slug":"budapest-2024-day-2-finals-miron-lifintsev-edges-hubert-kos-to-100-back-title-in-wjr","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/budapest-2024-day-2-finals-miron-lifintsev-edges-hubert-kos-to-100-back-title-in-wjr\/","title":{"rendered":"Budapest 2024, Day 2 Finals: Miron Lifintsev Edges Hubert Kos To Take 100 Back Title In WJR"},"content":{"rendered":"

Budapest 2024, Day 2 Finals: Miron Lifintsev Edges Hubert Kos To Take 100 Back Title In WJR<\/h4>\n

Miron Lifintsev<\/strong> edged Hubert Kos<\/strong> by 0.03 to claim the 100 back title in a WJR of 48.76 at the short-course worlds in Budapest.<\/p>\n

Kos excelled through the rounds and went within 0.7 of the WR in the semis in 49.03 which was also 0.45 off Kliment Kolesnikov’s<\/strong> European record of 48.58, set in 2020 at the very same Duna Arena during the ISL.<\/p>\n

The Hungarian led by 0.10 going into the final turn only for Lifintsev to post a 12.67 final 25 and come past Kos for victory in 48.76 to 48.79.<\/p>\n

With that, the 18-year-old neutral athlete went 0.14 inside fellow Russian Kolesnikov’s WJR of 48.90 that had stood since December 2017.<\/p>\n

Kacper Stokowski<\/strong> of Poland claimed bronze in 49.16.<\/p>\n

World Aquatics<\/strong> rules forbid neutral athletes to come through the mixed zone where media congregate and which athletes pass through following the race. It’s also forbidden for them to talk to reporters.<\/p>\n

Lifintsev is also the WJR in the long-course pool. He went 52.34 at the Russian Championships in April before lowering that time to 52.08 at the Russian Cup in July although that time hasn’t been ratified.<\/p>\n

Kos, the Olympic 200 back champion, said: “It was good. I talked about it yesterday saying I wanted to go out a bit faster. I was able to do that so I’m happy with it. I died a little bit at the end but I’m happy with the whole thing overall,. I just wanted to get a good time and I did.<\/p>\n

“I knew I had to swim my own race and I was able to do that so I’m happy with it and a silver medal’s still a silver medal so we’ll take it.”<\/p>\n

The Duna Arena gave Kos a rousing reception, the 21-year-old the latest in a long line of Hungarian backstrokers who’ve made an indelible mark on swimming.<\/p>\n

Hungarian Swimming Federation president Sandor Wladar<\/strong> won the 200 back at Moscow 1980 ahead of Zolt\u00e1n Verraszt\u00f3,\u00a0<\/b>father of David and Evelyn Verraszto. Tamas Darnyi<\/strong> claimed European junior medals in the 200 back before focusing on IM as did Laszlo Cseh<\/strong> who was looking on in Budapest.<\/p>\n

With a nod to those who’ve gone before, Kos said: “I guess it is a responsibility but I don’t feel it like that because it’s like an honour to be able to swim in front of the Hungarian crowd, the Hungarian audience. Every time I have the opportunity to do that, I just want to do it.”<\/p>\n

Stokowski added:\u00a0\u201cLast night was a great night for Poland, bronze in the relay, tonight a bronze for me. I mean, it is day two and we already have two medals, I am excited for the rest.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n