Hubert Kós Wins Gold, Sets European Record in Singapore

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Hubert Kós won the men's 200-meter backstroke final at the World Swimming Championships in Singapore with an individual and national record.

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Hungarian Hubert Kos set a new European record of the 200 back after imposing himself yesterday in the final of the Singapore World Cups with a time of 1:53.19 minutes. Kos, the current Olympic champion, lowered by 4 hundredths the previous continental plusmark, in possession of the Russian Evgeny Rylov with a time of 1:53.23 since April 2021.

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"I knew my rivals would be good, and I was aware that it would be a tough battle. Bob Bowman asked me to start the race at 54.00, which didn't work out, he certainly won't be happy about that, but I'm moving forward with another European record. Maybe if it weren't for the 200m individual medley, I could have gotten even closer to the world record, which motivates me every day," the Olympic champion in track told MTI, who will continue to chase …

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Freestyle swimmer Jan Čejka finished sixth in the 200m at the World Championships in Singapore. He took another nine hundredths of a second off his fresh Czech record, which he improved by more than a second in the semifinals after four years, to 1:55.37 minutes. Hungarian Hubert Kós won in the European record of 1:53.19.