Kristóf Rasovszky won the men's 10-kilometer Olympic distance race, and Bettina Fábián came third in the women's similar distance at the European Cup competition for open water swimmers in Belgrade.
In the competition held four weeks before the Fukuoka Olympic Qualification World Championships - according to the information of the Hungarian federation - five-ring silver medalist Rasovszky won the competition with "extremely tactical racing" and a great hair, ahead of the Italian Marcelo Guidi and Mario Sanzulló. Dávid Betlehem was also in the lead and finished in fifth place.
"However, it will be good to finish the last couple of weeks of hard work with one victory ahead of you"
- the association quoted Kristóf Rasovszky.
"The beginning of the race didn't go well, I didn't feel comfortable in the water, but it got better and better every lap, and at the end it worked in me that even though I feel a little bit like a cat, I still have speed, so I was ahead for the last lap. Then I just went, and at the end I was like, I'm not going to give this victory to anyone!"
In the women's category, Fábián Bettina finished in second place behind the German classic, Lea Boy, in the last round, with her hair, which started at a good pace, but she did not win a silver medal, because the judges judged that Fábián did not reach the panel properly on her first touch, so her second touch was taken away. taking into account, which pushed Arianna behind Bridi.
MTI
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