Katinka Hosszu Nabs Top Seed in 200 IM Semi-Finals

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Women’s 200 IM Semi-Finals

Katinka Hosszu swam to a top seed in semi-finals of the women’s 200 IM in front of a roaring home crowd. Hosszu jumped to an early lead, holding off a charge from the USA’s Melanie Margalis in the breaststroke leg, to finish with a final time of 2:07.14. That time improves upon her 2017 best of 2:07.49 from prelims.

Margalis settled for the second place seed with a time of 2:08.70, followed closely by Canada’s Sydney Pickrem and her time of 2:09.17.

Siobhan Marie O’Connor of Great Britain turned in a 2:09.72 to qualify fourth overall, just ahead of Korea’s Kim Seoyeong’s 2:09.86.

The USA’s Madisyn Cox was sixth in semi-finals with a 2:09.97, while the Japanese duo of Runa Imai (2:10.15) and Yui Ohashi (2:10.45) rounded out the top eight qualifiers.

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Ceirion Lovell

8 years ago

Nabs it by a second and half and eased off?