Katinka Hosszu Wins Third Straight 400 IM World Title, Fourth Overall

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Katinka Hosszu won her fourth medal of the week as she won her third straight 400 IM World Title on Sunday night in Budapest at the FINA World Championships. Hosszu broke her championship record with a 4:29.33 to break the record she held from Rome in 2009 at 4:30.31. This is Hosszu’s fourth overall World Title in this event.

Spain’s Mireia Belmonte (4:32.17) collected silver and Canada’s Sydney Pickrem (4:32.88) collected bronze after a disaster 200 IM final. Belmonte won her third medal of the meet.

Japan’s Yui Ohashi (4:34.50), Japan’s Sakiko Shimizu (4:35.62), USA’s Leah Smith (4:36.09), USA’s Elizabeth Beisel (4:37.63) and Great Britain’s Hannah Miley (4:38.34) also competed in the championship final.

Hosszu joins Sarah Sjostrom as the only female swimmers to win the same event at World Championships four times as Sjostrom won the 100 fly in 2009, 2013, 2015 and 2017. Hosszu had the exact same streak as she failed to medal in 2011.

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