Kristof Milak Staying Out of Pool Till September, However Will Hold Up Health Coaching

One week after defending Olympic and world champion Kristof Milak withdrew from this year’s World Championships to “recharge the batteries,” one in all his coaches supplied extra particulars about his timeline for return.

In keeping with Gyorgy Zalaa Hungarian canoeist who competed at three Olympics and received two bronze medals, Milak doesn’t need to see water till September. Zala is dealing with Milak’s health coaching within the meantime earlier than he returns to working within the pool with coach Balazs Virth in a pair months.

“It’s clear: The monotonous coaching has worn him down,” Zala told Hungarian media. “Bodily, he has no issues, however mentally he couldn’t stand the fixed monotonous coaching anymore. Kristof reached a non secular low level.”

Zala additionally rattled off a daring prediction: If Milak begins coaching once more in September, the 23-year-old phenom will break his personal world report within the 200-meter butterfly beneath the legendary 1:50 barrier.

In his assertion final week, Milak stated he was devoting this summer season to rest as a way to “restart my coaching and the competitions with much more power, with a a lot better method, so I can attain the extent I’ve used to have.” He made his announcement precisely a 12 months after breaking his own world record in the 200 fly with a 1:50.34 finally 12 months’s World Championships in his house metropolis of Budapest, Hungary.

Milak is much from the one high-profile swimmer to battle with problems with burnout. American star Caleb Dressel pulled out of last year’s World Championships with undisclosed health issuesdropping off the map for 2 months earlier than returning with an important message: “In the event you want a break, take one.” This week, he missed the U.S. Worlds roster, however coach Anthony Nesty said Dressel is “very happy where he’s at now” together with his focus remaining on the Paris 2024 Olympics.

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