Vivien Jackl Downs Katinka Hosszu Hungarian Age Record In 400 IM at SC Nationals

2024 HUNGARIAN SC CHAMPIONSHIPS

• Wednesday, November 6th – Saturday, November 9th
• Kaposvar, Hungary
• SCM (25m)
• Day 1 Recap
• Day 2 Recap
• Results

Another day rolled on at the 2024 Hungarian Short Course Championships with another national age record established by 16-year-old Vivien Jackl.

After crushing a 1500m free mark on day one, teen Jackl delivered in the women’s 400m IM, posting a winning result of 4:33.58.

Her effort held off veteran Olympian Boglarka Kapas who settled for silver in 4:35.89 followed by Bianka Barta who finished well behind in 4:42.60 for bronze.

Jackl’s performance overwrote the former record for 16-year-olds of 4:35.41 Hungarian Olympic icon Katinka Hosszu put on the books in 2004.

Jackl now inserts herself into slot #9 among the top 10 performers in the world thus far this short course season.

Additional Notes

• Nandor Nemeth cleared the crowd in the men’s 200m free, stopping the clock at 1:44.68 for the victory. Altgough Richard Marton clocked a quicker split on the first half (51.40 to Nemeth’s 51.43), Nemeth earned the win on the back half to get it done for gold. Attila Kovacs bagged bronze in 1:44.95 and in 4th place was 15-year-old Oliver Papai who followed up his 400m free age record from last night with another age record here in 1:46.62.
• Nikolett Padar produced a winning effort of 1:55.18 to top the women’s 200m free, pairing with runner-up Panna Ugrai (1:55.31) as the only swimmers to delve under 1:56 in the final.
• Ugrai was also in the water a handful of events later, securing gold in the 50m fly in a time of 26.35.
• Former world record holder Szebasztian Szabo grabbed gold in the 50m fly in 22.65, the sole result of the field under the 23-second barrier.