Hungary's Milak wins men's Olympic 200m butterfly gold
Hungarian world record holder Kristof Milak powered to the Olympic men's 200m butterfly gold medal.
TOKYO (AFP) - Hungarian world record holder Kristof Milak powered to the Olympic men s 200m butterfly gold medal on Wednesday, touching more than two seconds clear of his nearest rival.
The 21-year-old, who smashed Michael Phelps s world record in 2019, hit the wall in a new Olympic record time of 1min 51.25sec ahead of Japan s Tomoru Honda (1:53.73) and Italy s Federico Burdisso (1:54.45).
Milak came into the race with a personal best nearly two seconds ahead of anyone else, and winning gold appeared to be a mere formality.
He was always in charge, turning at the halfway mark with a comfortable lead and accelerating to the wall with a devastating turn of speed.
London 2012 champion Chad le Clos of South Africa finished fifth in what is likely to be his last Olympics.
Hungary s Tamas Kenderesi was fourth, narrowly missing out on a repeat of his bronze medal performance at the 2016 Rio Olympics.
