Who is Kristof Milak? Kristof Milak Tokyo 2020

Who is Kristof Milak? Kristof Milak Tokyo 2020.... The Hungarian world record holder won his first Olympic gold medal and also broke Michael Phelps' Olympic record in the 200m butterfly.

28-07-2021 10:52

Hungary's Kristof Milak won the 200m butterfly today and set an Olympic record time of 1:51.25, breaking Michael Phelps record of 1:52.03 set in Beijing 2008.

The current world record holder gained an earlier lead against South Africa's Chad le Clos in the first half of the race, but stayed ahead of the pack in the last lap to touch the wall first, followed by Japan's HONDA Tomoru who took silver and Italy's Federico Burdisso, who placed third.

Despite being unable to break his own 1:50.73 which was his target for this butterfly event, Milak posted the third-fastest swim of his career.

“My suit tore 10 minutes before the start of the race, just before entering the call room. At that moment I knew that the world record was gone, because I was totally off focus," Milak told the press afterwards.

“When that happens to a swimmer, it could be the goggles, or suit, but just prior to a race, it can destroy your focus, absolutely.

“I got tense. It was on my face and it was no longer that easy to do what I wanted to do.”

Kristóf Milák (born 20 February 2000) is a Hungarian swimmer. He is the current holder of the world record in 200m butterfly. He has won a gold medal and a silver at the World Championships, as well as three golds at the European Championships. He is also a three-time Youth Olympic Champion from the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics.

At the 2017 World Aquatics Championships in the semifinal of the men's 100 metre butterfly, Milák set a new junior world record and a new national record (50.77). In the final he won the silver medal, and set a new junior world record and a new national record (50.62).

At the 2018 European Aquatics Championships he won the gold medal in the men's 200 metre butterfly event. At the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics he won three gold medals and one silver medal.

At the 2019 World Aquatics Championships he won the gold medal and broke Michael Phelps' 10-year-old world record (1:51.51) in the 200m butterfly event by 0.78 seconds, setting a new world-record time of 1:50.73.

At the 2020 Olympics in Tokyo, he won the gold medal in the 200m butterfly in a new Olympic record time of 1:51.25.