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Kos said that after the World Championships in Fukuoka, his recovery was more difficult than others, because he was still swimming at home last fall, so he used to start slowly, and although he swam a lot, he swam at a moderate pace.
“Here, we started moderately, but we had to push hard. It was very difficult. I’m just starting to feel that in the last two weeks I’ve reached the level where spring training went well.” – added the World Cup gold medalist.
He pointed out that Bowman knows when to speak, or rather shout, but sometimes he gets angry because he is expected to swim faster, saying it is an Olympic year, and you have to do your best.
“I’m getting better, but there’s still room for improvement. On Monday, we did backstroke sequences on a short course, and let’s just say it’s not my strongest type yet. I’ve gotten to the 200 on the program fifteen times, the last three times after a longer rest.” , when you have to give your best. With Leon Marchand’s 1:55, we ran times of about 1:45 until then, and then the last three followed, and then Bob suddenly announced that Michael Phelps came twice at 1:45 at “this time , and the last time is 1:40. “I ran 1:40 at my best, and now I managed 1:50 and 1:45, meaning I was five seconds away from Phelps’ best time.” – said Kos, adding that he would also like to swim the 200m medley at the Paris Olympics, but it conflicts with his main number, the 200m backstroke.
Gold medalist Hubert Kos after announcing the results of the men’s 200m backstroke at the World Aquatics Championships in Fukuoka on July 28, 2023. (MTI/Koszticsák Szilárd)
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He said about his current level, that he once swam the 100-meter backstroke, which he had never done before at this stage of preparation, and he will jump into the pool for the first time in the 200-meter backstroke at the US Open.
Regarding his World Cup title, he said it feels good to be a gold medalist, but “most of the time he completely forgets.”
“I’m surrounded by people who have achieved much more than me, but they never make me feel that way. They always talk to me as if we met each other on an ordinary Sunday. That really gives the whole thing a special context.” , Plus Bob doesn’t want any of us to dwell on it too much, what did you just do at the last world championships. I don’t think winning the world championship will change my life. I had good success, but since then we’ve been back in real life a lot and done thousands, there’s no way I can get the gold just for some good results in Hungary next year. – Kos referred to the five-ring games.
