Budapest 2024, Day 1 Semifinals: Hubert Kos & Regan Smith Look Ominous Into 100 Again Finals
Hubert Kos went inside 0.7 of Coleman Stewart’s WR as he booked lane 4 for the ultimate of the 100 again at short-course worlds in Budapest.
The Hungarian, who was given a rousing welcome by the house crowd on the Duna Enviornment, posted 49.03 to maneuver in sight of Stewart’s international mark of 48.33 set in August 2021.
Kos lowered the nationwide report he set in prelims as he rattled Kliment Kolesnikov’s European mark of 48.58 set at the exact same Duna Enviornment in the course of the ISL in November 2020.
Impartial athlete Miron Lifintsev (49.07) and Kacper Stokowski of Poland (49.20) had been subsequent into Wednesday’s remaining as Blake Tierney of Canada claimed the eighth and final spot in 50.03 with Frenchman Mewen Tomac locked out by o.03 in 50.06.
Smith was 0.78 off the WR of 54.27 she set on the remaining leg of the World Cup in the beginning of November as she clocked 55.05.
Katharine Berkoff booked lane 5 alongside her USA teammates in 55.37 with Canadian Ingrid Wilm (55.85) and Australia’s Iona Anderson (55.99) the opposite ladies inside 56.
Louise Hansson claimed the ultimate spot in 56.17 with Frenchwoman Pauline Mahieu lacking out in 56.36.
