Hungary’s Kristof Milak brought joy to his home crowd by smashing his own world record to win the men’s 200m butterfly, powering to the gold medal in a time of 1:50.34, at the World Championships on Tuesday.
Olympic champion Milak beat the record he set at the 2019 Worlds in Gwangju by 0.39 seconds and finished 3.03 seconds ahead of silver medallist Leon Marchand of France.
“It was a fantastic feeling. As soon as I stepped in the starting area, I didn’t hear or see anything. It was like being in a dream. I waited three years to swim a personal best and it came off,” he said.
