Katinka Hosszu Cranks Out Textile Best, European Record in 200 IM at 2015 FINA World Championships

Jun 21, 2015; Santa Clara, CA, USA; Katink Hosszu (HUN) qualified first in the Women's 200IM during the morning session of day four at the George F. Haines International Swim Center in Santa Clara, Calif. Mandatory Credit: Bob Stanton-USA TODAY Sports

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Katinka Hosszu of Hungary unleashed a scorcher in the women’s 200-meter IM during prelims at the 2015 FINA World Championships as she downed the textile best in the event with a European record.

Hosszu blasted a top-seeded time of 2:07.30. That swim eclipsed Ye Shiwen’s textile best of 2:07.57 from the 2012 London Olympics, and also beat Hosszu’s European record of 2:07.46 from the 2009 World Championships.

All that is left for Hosszu is to take down Ariana Kukors’ transcendent World record of 2:06.15 from the techsuit-fueled 2009 Worlds meet. Although, Stephanie Rice also put up a 2:07.03 in 2009 as well to stand second all time.

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The rest of the field might as well be battling for silver if Hosszu continues to fire on all cylinders like that this morning. Hosszu is looking to defend her 2013 title where she posted a 2:07.92 for the win.

Great Britain’s Siobhan Marie O’Connor blasted off a second-seeded time of 2:08.82 as her closest competition, while Japan’s Kanako Watanabe put up a third-seeded 2:10.37.

Canada’s Sydney Pickrem (2:10.94), China’s Ye Shiwen (2:11.23), USA’s Melanie Margalis (2:11.88), Great Britain’s Hannah Miley (2:12.22) and Japan’s Sakiko Shimizu (2:12.27) made up the rest of the top eight.

USA’s Maya DiRado (2:12.38), Hungary’s Zsuzsanna Jakabos (2:12.38), Brazil’s Joanna Maranhao-Melo (2:12.74), Turkey’s Viktoria Gunes (2:12.91), Hong Kong’s Siobhan Haughey (2:13.07), Czech’s Barbora Zavadova (2:13.12), Australia’s Tessa Wallace (2:13.23) and Vietnam’s Vien Nguyen (2:13.41) will also compete in the semifinals.

SCHEDULED EVENTS

Women’s 100 fly
Men’s 400 free
Women’s 200 IM
Men’s 50 fly
Women’s 400 free
Men’s 100 breast
Women’s 400 free relay
Men’s 400 free relay

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