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2026 Hungarian National Championships
- April 15-19, 2026
- Prelims
- Day 1, 3, 5: 9:00 am local (3:00 am ET)
- Day 2 & 4: 10 am local (4:00 am ET)
- Finals — 5:30 pm local (11:30 am ET)
- Sopron, Hungary — Lővér Swimming Pool
- LCM (50 Meters)
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26-year-old Olympic champion, world champion and world record holder Kristof Milak indeed dove in for his first events at the 2026 Hungarian National Championships, the primary opportunity for the nation’s swimmers to gain qualification for this year’s European Championships.
Milak took on the men’s 100m freestyle and 200m fly prelims this morning, two of the six events among his packed schedule.
The versatile ace reaped the second seed in both races to set himself up for potential success during tonight’s next round.
In the 100m free, Milak clocked a time of 49.20 (23.72/25.48) to get to the wall behind top-seeded man Nandor Nemeth who notched 48.97. Oliver Kos captured the 3rd seed in 49.53.
Then in the 200m fly, Milak posted a morning outing of 2:00.85. That rendered him the 2nd-best performer behind Richard Marton‘s top-seeded result of 1:58.94, the sole swimmer to delve under the 2:00 barrier.
The last time Milak raced was at the 2025 Hungarian Championships, where he won the 100 free (48.76) and 200 fly (1:56.13) and finished 2nd in the 50 fly (23.43) and 100 fly (50.67).
He qualified for Hungary’s World Championships team, but ended up withdrawing from the meet due to lack of training and motivation.
Of note, the course of this competition has changed from recent years past. This time around, semi-finals have returned in the 50-100-200 distances, meaning one has to swim the given distance three times to win medals; however, the B-finals have been discontinued.
That means we’ll see Milak take on the semi-finals of the 100m free and 200m fly this evening in Sopron.
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