2017 FINA WORLD SWIMMING CHAMPIONSHIPS
- Sunday, July 23rd – Sunday, July 30th
- Budapest, Hungary
- LCM (50m)
- Full Competition Schedule
- Meet Info
- Psych Sheets
- Omega Results
- Pick ’em Contest
- Event-by-Event Previews
All eyes were on the Hungarian swimmers this week at their home championships. Who was going to shine in Budapest? Certainly, the world expected the golden performances from Katinka Hosszu, and Laszlo Cseh‘s silver medal was no big surprise, either. But the Hungarian team proved they were more than just two swimmers deep, and perhaps no person excelled quite as much as Dominik Kozma this week.
Kozma, the son of professional football (soccer) player István Kozma, set national records left and right and provided heroic relay splits when he needed to over the course of these World Championships. He broke the 100 free Hungarian record two times (it would be three, but the most recent one doesn’t count since it was leading off the 4×100 mixed free relay, and mixed relay lead-offs don’t count for records), broke Cseh’s 200 free national record, and came up with two really incredible relay splits in the 4×200 free relay prelims and then tonight in the 4×100 free relay final.
- 4×100 free relay prelims lead-off: 48.61 NR
- 4×100 free relay finals lead-off: 48.26 NR
- 4×100 mixed free relay finals lead-off: 48.12
- 200 free final: 1:45.54 NR (Cseh’s record)
- 4×200 free relay prelims anchor: 1:44.81
- 4×100 free relay finals anchor: 46.72
His 200 free split would’ve been the 5th-fastest split in the final (he swam that time in prelims, and Hungary missed the final) and his free split tonight was the 2nd-fastest split of the entire weekend.
Kozma was just one emerging talent from Hungary that shone this weekend. His relay teammates on the bronze-winning 4×100 free relay (Nandor Nemeth, Richard Bohus, Peter Holoda) are on the younger side, with Nemeth being just 17 and Holoda 21. Bohus is 24, while Kozma himself is 26. Nemeth is part of the Hungarian youth movement with Kristof Milak, another 17-year-old with huge potential after breaking the WJR in the 100 fly this week to win the silver medal.
Doma (Kozma) was outstanding througout the whole week. BTW Ricsi (Bochus) swam 47.21 in the 4×100 (3rd in that race) for the bronze. Nándor had the NR with 48.64 from April. Kristóf swam 3 WJRs in arow. I’m looking for his time in 200 at Indianapolis, where he’s also the WJR holder. FINA would’ve introduced the 4×200 fly relay (Csek, Kenderesi, Milák, Biczó) instead of mixed ones 🙂
Wonder where he was till 26? Kozma already started to swim nice (~49 sec) times in 2014, but came his serious shoulder injury. There was a surgery and could not swim for long months. He was just able to recover from it and reach the previous level to qualify for Rio. So he could start building on it from the autumn of 2016. About 2 years lost.
He was already EJC in 2009 with a 22.3 50 free – suit or not – and swam 49 flat start in 2009. He has always been there just not quite far up as is now. He did have great results from before I’m sure you are aware. 😛
Serious talent !!! that last split is outwordly !!!
Crazy that the lead off in a mixed relay can’t count.
Can someone explain why?
Because in the event where men race women, the men will have cleaner water than usual and the women will have men to draft off of
But if you time trial by yourself in an official capacity, or swim a meet where everyone is slower, it counts as long as it’s finally approved, so seems dumb to me
Dates back to Duel in the Pool (2006 I believe?). Mixed 4×100 FR was added as a fun off-event to increase the national competition element between USA and AUS.
Phelps led off for USA. Libby Trickett led off for Australia, and became the first woman to swim sub-53 in a 100 free.
FINA decided not to count the time as a WR, because she may have been able to draft behind MP’s 48-point. Thus, the precedent was set.
Doesn’t make sense for men’s records not to count leading off a mixed relay, but I guess they wanted to make it equal.
Hungarian men look solid for the future, breaststroke the one hole