Katinka Hosszu Dominates 400 IM, Wins First Title in Windsor

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Photo Courtesy: Rob Schumacher-USA TODAY Sports

Katinka Hosszu obliterated the field in the women’s 400 IM. Already up by almost a bodylength after 50 meters, Hosszu pulled away and was ahead by almost 15 meters at the end. Her final time of 4:21.67 was just over two seconds off her own world record of 4:19.46.

Vietnam’s Anh Vien Nguyen was in second for the entire race and appeared to touch second, but she was disqualified for not touching the wall on her back at the halfway point. That paved the way for the USA’s Ella Eastin to take the silver medal in 4:27.74. Another American, Madisyn Cox, finished just four one-hundredths behind for the bronze (4:27.78).

Great Britain’s Hannah Miley just missed out on the podium with a fourth-place time of 4:27.86. Spain’s Mireia Belmonte, the defending champion and Olympic bronze medalist in the event, surprisingly finished well out of contention with a fifth-place time of 4:32.98.

Japan’s Yui Ohashi (4:33.07) and the Czech Republic’s Barbora Zavadova (4:37.79) also made the championship final.

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Ricardo Fernandes

7 years ago

where can i watch it live? ty

Taylor

7 years ago

Reply to Ricardo Fernandes

There are two places where you can watch the live stream:
NBC — http://stream.nbcsports.com/nbc/?pid=28720
CBC – http://www.cbc.ca/sports/olympics/summer/aquatics/world-short-course-world-championships-1.3881730