Hungarian open water swimmers made historical past on the European Championships in Croatia, racking up an outstanding medal haul. With 5 gold, two silver, and two bronze medals, they no longer handiest secured most sensible spot within the medal desk, but additionally gained the Team Trophy for the primary time.
As reported via Hungary Today, the Hungarian delegation excelled within the first two days of closing week’s continental festival, amassing a complete of 5 medals: Kristóf Rasovszky gained gold within the 10 km and bronze within the 5 km, Viktória Mihályvári-Farkas gained gold within the 10 km and silver within the 5 km, whilst Dávid Betlehem additionally got here 2d within the 5 km.
The Hungarian swimmers didn’t tire in following days both. On Friday, they excelled within the dash competitions. Kristóf Rasovszky, already a more than one Olympic, global, and European champion, optimistically secured the gold medal within the males’s knockout dash. He led the race from the beginning and left his competition trailing in the back of. His teammate Dávid Betlehem additionally made it onto the rostrum, preventing arduous to win the bronze medal.
In the ladies’s knockout dash, Bettina Fábián gained in spectacular taste. With a powerful get started and superb butterfly stroke, she secured the gold medal. “I did what the guys did: I kicked hard at the start because I knew I was faster and more explosive than the others, and then I just had to hold that position,” mentioned the Hungarian swimmer after her victory.
The finishing touch used to be the group festival on Saturday, by which the Hungarian relay group – consisting of Viktória Mihályvári-Farkas, Bettina Fábián, Dávid Betlehem, and Kristóf Rasovszky – gained every other gold medal. In an exhilarating race over 4 1,500-meter legs, the Hungarian swimmers installed a powerful group efficiency and secured victory. Kristóf Rasovszky, who entered the water as the general swimmer, delivered a sensational ultimate dash.
Kristóf Rasovszky made historical past with 4 medals (two gold, one silver, one bronze) at a unmarried European Open Water Championships – a feat no male athlete has ever completed sooner than.
The Hungarian Swimming Association highlighted in a commentary that Kristóf Rasovszky could also be the protecting 10 km champion on the Olympic Games, World Championships, and European Championships, and has gained seven out of 7 relay competitions with the Hungarian group since 2021.
The complete Hungarian group exceeded all expectancies.
This is the most productive efficiency ever via a countrywide group: no nation has ever completed on the most sensible of the desk with 5 gold medals, and 9 medals in general.
For the primary time, Hungary crowned the medal desk and gained the celebrated Team Trophy. The athletes eclipsed the former report of 5 gold medals set via Italy in 2011. Another historical fulfillment used to be that the Hungarians gained medals in all seven occasions. To be honest, the Italians additionally completed this for the primary time in 2022, however if that’s the case, the result of the interrupted 25 km race had been decided retrospectively, reasonably controversially, defined the Hungarian federation within the commentary. In this admire, the present efficiency, by which a medal used to be gained in each and every self-discipline, is the primary vintage “100 percent” report for a group.
Via MTI, Featured symbol: MTI/Czeglédi Zsolt
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