Iron Lady Katinka Hosszu Blasts Way to Fourth World Record With 200 IM Triumph at Worlds – Video

Katinka Hosszu Sets Fourth World Record in Doha 2014

DOHA – Hungary’s Katinka Hosszu blasted her way to a stunning fourth world record with a winning effort in the women’s 200 IM at the FINA World Short Course Championships. Watch Race Video

Hosszu surged to a 2:01.86 to break the 2:02 barrier in the 200-meter IM, as she cleared her own global standard of 2:02.13 set in Dubai earlier this year on the FINA World Cup.

Incidentally, she also smashed the meet mark of 2:04.64 set by Ye Shiwen in 2012.

That’s Hosszu’s fourth world record as she already took down the 100 back, 200 back and 100 IM records this week.

No one else has been even remotely close to catching Hosszu in this event this year. Her closest rival was Siobhan-Marie O’Connor tonight in 2:05.87. Caitlin Leverenz had been the second-ranked swimmer entering tonight with a 2:06.15 from the Tokyo stop of the FINA World Cup.

USA’s Melanie Margalis placed third tonight in 2:06.68.

Hosszu’s gold gave Hungary its ninth medal so far here in Doha (6G, 2S, 1B), just one off the nation’s record for most medals at a short course worlds in 2012 (3G, 4S, 3B).

Hosszu has been undefeated in this event since she lost to Ye in 2012 at the World Short Course Championships in Istanbul.

Hosszu now has six medal here in Doha with four golds and two silvers. Only three women have won more golds than Hosszu as Brooke Hanson (6 in 2004), Libby Trickett (5 in 2006) and Le Jingyi (5 in 1993) are ahead of her on that chart.

Great Britain’s Hannah Miley (2:06.84), Leverenz (2:06.90), Hungary’s Evelyn Verraszto (2:07.05), Japan’s Sakiko Shimizu (2:08.65) and Australia’s Ellen Fullerton (2:09.62) were also part of the historic finale.

Name	50	100	150	200
Hosszu	26.47	56.40	1:32.49	2:01.86
O’Connor	26.51	57.71	1:34.80	2:05.87
Margalis	28.10	59.75	1:36.66	2:06.68

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