Katinka Hosszu Wins Second Gold of Europeans in 100 Back

HOSSZU Katinka HUN 100 Backstroke Final Copenhagen 14-12-2017 Royal Arena LEN European Short Course Swimming Championships - Campionati Europei nuoto vasca corta Foto Andrea Staccioli / Insidefoto / Deepbluemedia

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For the second day in a row, Hungary’s Katinka Hosszu did not come close to her world record in one of her signature events, and once again, that did not matter. The Hungarian used a 28.52 back-half split, by far the quickest in the field, to take gold in the women’s 100 back.

Hosszu’s time was 55.66, about a half-second off her three-year-old world record of 55.03. But the Netherlands’ Kira Toussaint, who had been the top seed coming into the final, could not keep pace with that and had to settle for ailver in 56.21.

Russia’s Maria Kameneva finished with the bronze medal in 57.01, just ahead of Ukraine’s Daryna Zevina (57.08).

The Czech Republic’s Simona Baumrtova took fifth in 57.27, followed by Denmark’s Mie Nielsen (57.39) and Poland’s Alicja Tchorz (57.55). France’s Mathilde Cini was disqualified.

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Charles Gray

6 years ago

Nice

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