Michael Phelps paid tribute to Hungarian teenager Kristof Milak's 'beautiful technique' after he took down the American legend's long-standing 200 ...
"As frustrated as I am to see that record go down, I couldn't be happier to see how he did it," Phelps told the New York Times.The 19-year-old Milak sliced a whopping 0.78 seconds off Phelps's previous world best, which was achieved during the bodysuit era, after flirting with the record for much of the past season.
Milak became the first swimmer to go under 1:51 minutes, while his winning margin was, remarkably, more than three seconds as Japan's Daiya Seto finished a distant second and the South African Chad le Clos third.
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