{"id":642027,"date":"2026-04-18T10:49:06","date_gmt":"2026-04-18T17:49:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/?p=642027"},"modified":"2026-04-18T11:55:20","modified_gmt":"2026-04-18T18:55:20","slug":"zalan-sarkany-pulls-away-for-1500-title-milak-flies-to-top-of-rankings","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/zalan-sarkany-pulls-away-for-1500-title-milak-flies-to-top-of-rankings\/","title":{"rendered":"Zal\u00e1n S\u00e1rk\u00e1ny Pulls Away for 1500 Title; Mil\u00e1k Flies to Top of Rankings at Hungarian Championships"},"content":{"rendered":"<h4>Zal\u00e1n S\u00e1rk\u00e1ny Pulls Away for 1500 Title; <strong>Mil\u00e1k<\/strong> Flies to Top of Rankings<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/live.musz.hu\/event\/program?OnlineEventId=193302059\">Results<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/adam-jaszo-fanni-kokas-crowned-at-hungarian-championships-as-kristof-milak-returns-to-competitive-waters\/\">Day 1 report<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/kristof-milak-back-on-winning-form-at-hungarian-championships-betlehem-edges-rasovszky-in-800-thriller\/\">Day 2 report<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/kristof-milak-clinches-50-fly-title-adam-jaszo-fanni-kokas-complete-backstroke-doubles\/\">Day 3 report<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Zal\u00e1n S\u00e1rk\u00e1ny <\/strong>clinched the 1500 free title after pulling away in the final 400 metres at the Hungarian Championships in Sopron.<\/p>\n<p>S\u00e1rk\u00e1ny had been in a three-way tussle with <strong>D\u00e1vid Betlehem<\/strong> and <strong>Kristof Rasovsky<\/strong> before making his move at the 1050 mark.<\/p>\n<p>He came home in 14:54.05 to upgrade his 800 bronze to gold with Betlehem \u2013 who won the 16-length event by 0.01 over Rasovszky with a stunning final 50 \u2013 was second in 14:59.59. Rasovszky took third in 15:02.62.<\/p>\n<p>S\u00e1rk\u00e1ny booked his spot on the Hungary team for the European Championships in Paris where the pool programme runs from 10-16 August.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_594583\" style=\"width: 265px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-594583\" data-attachment-id=\"594583\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/zalan-sarkany-pulls-away-for-1500-title-milak-flies-to-top-of-rankings\/paris-2024-olympic-games-879\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/20240803_GSca_SG85371.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"1200,800\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;5.6&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;Giorgio Scala \\\/ Deepbluemedia \\\/ Insidefoto&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;NIKON Z 9&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;David Betlehem of Hungary competes in the swimming 1500m Freestyle Men Heats during the Paris 2024 Olympic Games at La Defense Arena in Paris (France), August 03, 2024.&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1722681269&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;Giorgio Scala \\\/ Deepbluemedia \\\/ Insidefoto&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;370&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;3200&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.0005&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;Paris 2024 Olympic Games&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Paris 2024 Olympic Games\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;David Betlehem of Hungary competes in the swimming 1500m Freestyle Men Heats during the Paris 2024 Olympic Games at La Defense Arena in Paris (France), August 03, 2024.&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/20240803_GSca_SG85371-700x500.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/20240803_GSca_SG85371-1024x683.jpg\" class=\" wp-image-594583\" src=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/20240803_GSca_SG85371-700x500.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"255\" height=\"182\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-594583\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">David Betlehem: Photo Courtesy: Deepbluemedia<\/p><\/div>\n<p>&#8220;I thought we would swim better times, both me and D\u00e1vid\u00e9k, and I was honestly surprised that I won,&#8221; he said through the Hungarian federation. &#8220;Not that the level was reached, a 14:54 is the minimum at our level, we should swim around 14:50 now. My shoulder didn&#8217;t hurt so much now, although it was quite painful every other fifty. Overall, I&#8217;m happy with my time, but especially with my brother, because (Z\u00e9t\u00e9ny) swam quite an amazing time. I swam very well in America, and I went back to the pool immediately after the NCAA, because the national championships are coming, where I have to complete the European Championship levels.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Zal\u00e1n\u2019s younger brother <strong>Z\u00e9t\u00e9ny<\/strong> also made his mark in the race as the 15-year-old lowered the Hungarian age group record to 15:22.57 en-route to fifth. With that he consigned to history the previous standard of 15:26.95 which had stood to <strong>Gergo Kis<\/strong> since December 2003.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Vivien Jackl<\/strong> completed the distance double with an emphatic win in the women\u2019s 800 free.\u00a0<strong>Ajna Kesely<\/strong> led through the first 350m with Jackl on her shoulder before the latter went ahead at halfway to come home in 8:27.88 to 8:32.03. <strong>Vikt\u00f3ria Mihalyvari-Farkas<\/strong> was third in 8:39.81.<\/p>\n<p>It earned Jackl a second swim in Paris after she already qualified in the 1500 and a third title of the meet to her own surprise. She said: &#8220;I didn&#8217;t really think that I would have the level here, because this is around my personal best, and I didn&#8217;t think I was in a state where I could achieve a best time so far.<\/p>\n<h3><strong>Mil\u00e1k Soars To Top Of Rankings<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><strong>Krist\u00f3f Mil\u00e1k <\/strong>soared to the top of the 100 fly rankings posting 50.93 in the semis to dislodge Maxime Grousset who went 50.95 in the Pro Series in Austin in January.<\/p>\n<p>It comes in at 21<sup>st<\/sup> in his career topped by his 49.68 European record en-route to silver at the 2021 Olympics in Tokyo behind <strong>Caeleb Dressel<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>His rankings topper comes a day after a 50 fly PB propelled him to his first victory over <strong>Szebaszti\u00e1n Szab\u00f3\u00a0<\/strong>and he enters the 100 fly final looking for his third title of the meet.<\/p>\n<p><strong>D\u00e1vid Antal<\/strong> (52.45) and <strong>Rich\u00e1rd M\u00e1rton <\/strong>(52.84) booked the lanes either side of him for Sunday\u2019s final.<\/p>\n<h3>Nemeth Secures 200 Title; Ugrai Doubles Up<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Christian Gieffing<\/strong> of Austria touched first in the men\u2019s 200 free in 1:47.34 with <strong>N\u00e1ndor Nemeth<\/strong> taking the title in 1:47.39, a day after he sealed qualification for the European Championships in Paris. <strong>Kopp\u00e1ny Z\u00e9ta Kakuk<\/strong> (1:48.65) and <strong>Attila Kovacs<\/strong> (1:48.68) joined Nemeth on the podium.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_599217\" style=\"width: 247px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-599217\" data-attachment-id=\"599217\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/panna-ugrai-wraps-up-hungarian-championships-with-two-golds-in-40-minutes-and-six-in-total\/panna-ugrai\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Panna-Ugrai.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"2048,1536\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Panna Ugrai\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;Panna Ugrai: Photo Courtesy: Hungarian Swimming Federation&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Panna Ugrai: Photo Courtesy: Hungarian Swimming Federation&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Panna-Ugrai-700x500.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Panna-Ugrai-1024x768.jpg\" class=\" wp-image-599217\" src=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Panna-Ugrai-700x500.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"237\" height=\"169\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-599217\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Panna Ugrai: Photo Courtesy: Hungarian Swimming Federation<\/p><\/div>\n<p><strong>Panna Ugrai<\/strong> completed the 100\/200 free double with a 1:57.42 outing in the longer race. She was followed home by <strong>Ainhoa Campabadal<\/strong> of Spain in 1:59.32 with the pair the only women inside 2mins. With her winning time, Ugrai sealed qualification to the Europeans.<\/p>\n<p>The men\u2019s 100m breaststroke featured <strong>Zsombor Petroczi<\/strong>\u00a0whose semi-final time of 1:01.01 consigned the age group record held by London 2012 Olympic champion <strong>Daniel Gyurta<\/strong> for 19 years to history.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Valentin Bayer<\/strong> of Austria was first to touch in 1:01.13 with 18-year-old Petroczi taking the national title in 1:01.64.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Henrietta Fangli<\/strong> was the clear winner of the women\u2019s 100 breast, clocking 1:08.44 ahead of <strong>Eszter Bekesi<\/strong> (1:10.22).<\/p>\n<p><strong>Semi-Finals Round-Up<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Beatrix Tanko <\/strong>headed the women\u2019s 100 fly in 58.90 followed by Evy Rozeboom of the Netherlands in 59.71<\/li>\n<li><strong>Zsombor P\u00e9ter Racz <\/strong>led the way in the men\u2019s 200 back in 1:58.27 followed by Benedek Kovacs (1:58.98) and <strong>Oliv\u00e9r<\/strong>\u00a0<strong>K\u00f3s <\/strong>(1:59.82)<\/li>\n<li><strong>Eszter Szab\u00f3-Felt\u00f3thy <\/strong>headed the women\u2019s 200 back in 2:09.38, almost three seconds ahead of Fanni Kokas, the 50\/100 title winner clocking 2:12.30<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Zal\u00e1n S\u00e1rk\u00e1ny Pulls Away for 1500 Title; 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