Hungarian teenager Kristof Milak shattered Michael Phelps' 10-year-old worl...
GWANGJU, South Korea - Hungarian teenager Kristof Milak shattered Michael Phelps’ 10-year-old world record in the 200 meters butterfly on Wednesday while Adam Peaty sewed up a third straight breaststroke double with victory in the 50 meters at the world championships.
“It’s a tremendous honor to set such a great record,” he said. “Until 14 I was a backstroker and later I focused on the butterfly. But earlier I only did 100 meters because I wasn’t strong enough.”At 19, Milak is the youngest winner of the 200 butterfly since Phelps triumphed as an 18-year-old in 2003, the second of the American great’s five world titles in the event.
“Got the triple double which is a massive thing for me,” said Peaty. “It’s what I came here to do. The 56 happened so it’s just everything complete really.” His presence has upset fans and fellow athletes alike, with two swimmers, Australian Mack Horton and Briton Duncan Scott, showing their displeasure in the most public way possible.
Paltrinieri said he took no additional pleasure in beating Sun, who also served a doping suspension in 2014.
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