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Hungary finished 4th on the medal table of the European Swimming Championship
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The Hungarian national swimming team achieved great success at the 2018 European Aquatics Championship in Glasgow, 24.hu reports. With a total of nine medals we finished fourth on the table of the swimming championship, and at the moment we rank fifth on the overall list.
Just days after Laura Horváth came in second at the 2018 CrossFit Games, and Boglárka Dévai has become the first Hungarian woman to win in gymnastics at the European Championships in 20 years, came the wonderful results of the Hungarian swimmers.
Together they received four gold, three silver, and two bronze medals.
Csaba Sós, the coach of the national team expected ten medals with at least two golds before the championship, so his goals were met by the swimmers. Nevertheless, Sós remained realistic after the great success and believes that this will not be enough to triumph at next year’s World Championship or in Tokyo in 2020. But let’s worry about the future after we celebrated our great swimmers properly.
Gold medalists
Boglárka Kapás won the 200 m butterfly swimming personal best. She performed amazingly on the last 50 metres and finished at 2:07.13. However, she was not completely satisfied with her time. “I won’t rest until I get 2:06” she promised.
Katinka Hosszú came home from the 2017 European Short Course Swimming Championships with three gold medals (100, 200 and 400 m) and won 200 m and 400 m in the 2016 European Championship.
This year the Iron Lady finished first in 200 m medley so she successfully held her title.
Kristóf Milák got the gold in 200 m butterfly. The young swimmer was unstoppable and behind him finished Tamás Kenderesi, so Hungary actually gained a double victory. After the race, Milák said that he started out too fast because he planned to beat László Cseh’s 1:52.70 European record, and thus he did not have enough energy left for the end.
Last but not least, Dávid Verrasztó won the very close race in 400 m medley. He managed to put on a final spurt and thus beat the British Max Litchfield.
Silver medalists
Ajna Késely is only 16 years old but got two silver medals in 800 m freestyle and 400 m freestyle. The latter with European junior record time!
