Katinka Hosszu said defending her women’s 200m individual medley title in front of her home crowd at the world aquatics championships on Monday was an “unforgettable experience”.
Hosszu clocked 2min 07.00sec to retain the gold medal with Japan’s Yui Ohashi in silver at 0.91sec and Madisyn Cox of the United States earning bronze, 2.71sec behind.
The 28-year-old Hosszu is the first woman to win three gold medals in the event at world championships, following her successes at Barcelona in 2013 and Kazan two years later.
Hosszu was well short of her world record of 2:06.12, set in Kazan two years ago, but is …read more
Source: Gulf times
