{"id":601736,"date":"2024-12-13T10:36:34","date_gmt":"2024-12-13T17:36:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/?p=601736"},"modified":"2024-12-13T10:57:17","modified_gmt":"2024-12-13T17:57:17","slug":"budapest-2024-day-4-miron-liftintsev-adds-another-gold-wjr-in-50-back","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/budapest-2024-day-4-miron-liftintsev-adds-another-gold-wjr-in-50-back\/","title":{"rendered":"Budapest 2024, Day 4: Miron Liftintsev Adds Another Gold, WJR in 50 Back"},"content":{"rendered":"

Budapest 2024, Day 4: Miron Liftintsev Adds Another Gold, WJR in 50 Back<\/strong><\/p>\n

Two years ago in Melbourne, a world junior record in the semifinals by Isaac Cooper<\/strong> led to just a silver medal in the final of the men\u2019s 50 backstroke.<\/p>\n

Friday, the Aussie was again in silver, this time on the wrong side of a WJR.<\/p>\n

Miron Lifintsev<\/strong> powered home to win gold in the men\u2019s 50 back in 22.47. That takes down Cooper\u2019s world junior record from 2022 and it denied by .02 seconds Cooper\u2019s bid for gold, though the Aussie\u2019s consolation was a best time of 22.49 that stands as the national and continental record.<\/p>\n

Bronze came down to a battle of outside smokers. The front-half speed of Ireland Shane Ryan<\/strong> won out over the final-50 charge by Hubert Kos<\/strong> of Hungary, Ryan clocking in at 22.56.<\/p>\n