Race Video: Katinka Hosszu Breaks Katie Hoff’s 400 IM U.S. Open Mark

Photo Courtesy: David Farr

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During prelims yesterday at the Arena Pro Swim Series Santa Clara, Katinka Hosszu took down Katie Hoff’s U.S. Open record in the women’s 400-meter IM.

USA Swimming has now made the swim available via its YouTube account.

Original 400 IM report:

The day certainly started off right for the Iron Lady as Katinka Hosszu broke the U.S. Open record in the women’s 400-meter IM at the Arena Pro Swim Series Santa Clara.

Hosszu raced her way to 4:31.07 to break Katie Hoff’s 2008 record of 4:31.12 set for North Baltimore Aquatics at the 2008 Olympic Trials. The U.S. Open record is the fastest time swum in the 50 states, regardless of the swimmer’s nationality.

The swim isn’t Hosszu’s best ever, as she holds the European record with a 4:30.31 from the 2009 World Championships, but it did down her world best of 4:31.93 from the Barcelona stop of the Mare Nostrum.

The swim comes on the day that Hosszu launched her Iron Lady three-piece swimsuit set with Arena.

The performance is Hosszu’s fourth-fastest time ever behind her 4:30.31 from 2009, a 4:30.41 from the 2013 World Championships and a 4:31.03 from the 2014 European Championships.

Hosszu’s splits:

Fly	Back	Breast	Free	Total
1:01.99	1:08.89	1:18.37	1:01.82	4:31.07

Hoff’s splits:

Fly	Back	Breast	Free	Total
1:03.69	1:09.64	1:15.32	1:02.47	4:31.12

Hoff’s record had been a world record at the time, as originally reported by John Lohn:

“Three months after losing her world record in the 400 individual medley to [Stephanie] Rice during the Australian Olympic Trials, Katie Hoff is back on top of the world in the grueling distance medley. The North Baltimore Aquatic Club star turned in a time of 4:31.12 to eclipse Rice’s standard of 4:31.46. She was followed in second place by Elizabeth Beisel in 4:32.87, which was under the former American record of 4:32.89.”

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