Swimming 2021 Discussion Thread

[George_D 1,206]

[OlympicIRL 5,532]

Sarah Sjostrom has broken her elbow 

 

https://swimswam.com/multi-olympic-medal-contender-sarah-sjostrom-breaks-elbow/

[thepharoah 2,405]

 Youssef Ramadan fresh student in Virginia TECH University in USA set a new American U18 Record for 100m yard butterfly by 44.32 sec. 

[phelps 7,757]

The 10km FINA/CNSG Marathon Swim World Series 2021 has started last Saturday in Doha (QAT)...

 

 Marc Antoine Olivier (men) and  Ana Marcela Cunha (women) are the winners of the race that opened the season...

 

more details, here:

 

https://www.fina.org/news/2064946/golden-olivier-fra-and-cunha-bra-on-the-return-of-marathon-swimming-action

[Illya 517]

After Ukrainian Swimming Champs in Dnipro we have to entry standarts A : Igor Troyanovskyy(200 m. butterfly) and Serhiy Shevtsov (100 m. freestyle)

 

[Vektor 3,326]

Kristóf Milák's time at the Hungarian National Championships in men's 200m butterfly: 1:52.50

 

That's the 5th best ever time in men's 200m butterfly.  I believe that if everything goes well the WR is within reach for him in Tokyo. He's obviously our best chance for a gold in swimming. 

 

Boglárka Kapás is also looking really strong, 2:06.85 in women's 200m buttefly, that's almost the same time she had at the 2019 Worlds where she won the gold, we can expect a new PB from her in Tokyo. 

[Vektor 3,326]

1:51.40 from Kristóf Milák in men's 200m butterfly.  2nd fastest time ever, faster than anyone else ever, including Phelps. 

[GoHungary! 21]

  On 3/24/2021 at 9:16 AM, Vektor said:

1:51.40 from Kristóf Milák in men's 200m butterfly.  2nd fastest time ever, faster than anyone else ever, including Phelps. 

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Holy moly!

[Vektor 3,326]

Hosszú still looks kinda weak. There's always a chance for a huge improvement before the Olympics, but for now I would advise to not expect a gold medal from her in Tokyo. The COVID break was awful for her, I will be happy if she wins a medal in Tokyo. 

[Vektor 3,326]

More promising results at our National Championships:

 

Nándor Németh, men's 100m freestyle - 48.11 (almost new NR and it's only March)

 

Péter Bernek, men's 400m individual medley - 4:12.60 (PB, we can expect him to be in the Olympic final with a time like this)