Katinka Hosszu Cruises to Top Seed in 200 IM Semis at Euros
Hungary’s Katinka Hosszu, who has been on a roll this week with multiple golds already, cruised to the top seed in the women’s 200-meter IM semis at the 2016 European Championships.
Hosszu clocked a time of 2:08.60, off her top-ranked time of 2:07.69 from the Golden Tour this year.
That’s still faster than anyone else has gone this year as Viktoriya Andreeva holds the second-ranked swim with a 2:09.56 at Russian Nationals.
Great Britain’s Siobhan-Marie O’Connor cranked out a second-seeded time of 2:10.17, off her third-ranked best of 2:09.66. Great Britain’s Hannah Miley churned out a third-seeded 2:12.39.
Hungary’s Evelyn Verraszto (2:12.93), Italy’s Sara Franceschi (2:12.95), Switzerland’s Maria Ugolkova (2:13.34), Italy’s Carlotta Toni (2:13.92) and The Netherlands’ Wendy van der Zanden (2:14.18) also made the championship eight.

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