Budapest Day 3 Finals: Ilya Kharun Ties Meet Record in Golden 200 Fly Swim
It wasn’t quite a world record but Canada’s Ilya Kharun tied the meet record and broke the Americas record in the 200 butterfly at the 2024 Short Course World Championships on Thursday in Budapest.
Kharun led from the start and got to the wall in 1:48.24, a time that equaled the championship record set by Japan’s Daiya Seto in 2018.
Kharun’s opening split was 24.26 that put him two tenths ahead and he never looked back on his way to the world championship gold medal.
Italy’s Alberto Razzetti also made his way into the record books. He won the silver medal in 1:48.64 to break the European record in the event.
Poland’s Krzysztof Chmielewski took the bronze medal with a swim or 1:49.26.
Andrei Minakov was just off the medals, taking fourth in 1:50.39.
USA’s Trenton Julian finished fifth in 1:50.51, followed by Estonia’s Kregor Zirk (1:50.72), Brazil’s Nicolas Albiero (1:50.97) and Hungary’s Richard Marton (1:51.48).
