Swimming on the 2024 Olympic Video games could also be over however some drama is heating up outdoors the pool involving the Hungarian Swimming Affiliation (Magyar Úszó Szövetség, MÚSZ).
Earlier this week, Hungarian Olympic champion Katinka Hosszu fired off a social media put up calling for the resignation of MUSZ management on account of its therapy of gold medalist Kristof Milak.
Milak is the reigning world report holder and 2020 Olympic champion within the 200m fly however the 24-year-old settled for silver behind Frenchman Leon Marchand this time round in Paris. He rebounded with gold within the 100m fly.
Getting into these Olympics, Milak’s preparation adopted a rocky highway, together with inconsistent coaching. Milak’s lack of motivation was known as out by Hungarian nationwide staff coach Csaba Sos, with the previous Olympic swimmer stating final December, “I emphasize that nice Olympic success is not a actuality.”
Hosszu’s put up is an open letter to Hungarian swimming, starting, “There has by no means been such a MUSZ chief who has broken the preparation of its finest competitor a lot.”
She continued to element the 200m fly race particularly, stating, “Bob Bowman [coach of Marchand] knew months earlier than the Olympics that his pupil needed to put together for the final 50 meters of the 200-meter butterfly, bodily, however largely mentally.
“In Paris, Bowman needed to say just one factor to Marchand: “You educated the toughest on the planet, you’ll meet up with Milák within the final 50, who educated hardly this 12 months, you deserve the gold medal.
“Sadly, this isn’t the primary Olympic Medal which isn’t realized because of the management of MUSZ, however we hope it will likely be the final.
“Milák is simply the tip of the iceberg, let’s give it some thought in the event that they do that with the world record-holder Olympic champion, what’s going to the opposite rivals do?
“The management of MUSZ did the precise reverse of what they had been alleged to do. They didn’t full the “job.”
“After such insidious and spineless conduct, the one respectable step can be the resignation of the complete management.
“However this time, not solely with an early election, which is utilized by intimidation and blackmail, they are going to make it nothing once more.
“Already in my time there was a disagreement between the 80s era and the management of MUSZ, this solely turned simpler with the following era.
“Hungarian Sport shouldn’t be allowed to additional harm.”
