Hubi Kos Talks NCAA Records, Hungarian Nationals, and the “Olympic Champion Boost”

  5 Coleman Hodges | April 10th, 2025

Olympic champion in the 200 back Hubi Kos carried his success over into the yards pool last month, going 3-for-3 in his individual events at the NCAA Championships and breaking NCAA records in the 100 and 200 back. Kos explains the confidence that being an Olympic champion has given him and how Bob Bowman’s training prepares him for moments like this.

  • 0:00 Hubi Kos Introduction
  • 1:35 Being a Celebrity in Hungary
  • 5:25 Watching Laszlo Cseh
  • 10:45 200 Back NCAA Record
  • 14:15 Olympic Champion Boost
  • 17:15 SCM 200 Back World Record
  • 21:50 1:33 200y Back???
  • 24:00 Losing First Race of Season
  • 27:15 Developing Short Course Butterfly
  • 29:35 Bob Bowman is Nicer at Texas
  • 33:42 Competing for Texas Next Year
  • 35:16 Hungarian Nationals

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sjostrom stan
24 days ago

Kos hah such a calm confidence to him, he’s going to have an awesome career

Khase Calisz
24 days ago

The real question: when is anyone ever going to come close to the LC world record?

Brownish
Reply to  Khase Calisz
24 days ago

L.A.?

snailSpace
24 days ago

“Why is this meet not in the Duna Arena?” – Coleman is asking the right questions.

AutoPhil
24 days ago

Goulash goulash, where are you mentioned?
Hubert kos has plenty to cook
for a half a bag of tomato paste and a carrot fiddlestick stew
gumbo gumbo, in the pool!

send!