{"id":134363,"date":"2015-05-17T15:46:25","date_gmt":"2015-05-17T22:46:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/?p=134363"},"modified":"2015-05-17T15:46:25","modified_gmt":"2015-05-17T22:46:25","slug":"katinka-hosszu-breaks-208-to-win-200-back","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/katinka-hosszu-breaks-208-to-win-200-back\/","title":{"rendered":"Katinka Hosszu Breaks 2:08 To Win 200 Back"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Just minutes after setting a world best in the women’s 200-meter IM, Iron Lady Katinka Hosszu snared her sixth meet title with a personal best in the women;s 200-meter back at the Arena Pro Swim Series Charlotte.<\/p>\n

Hosszu raced her way to a 2:07.79, downing her previous personal best of 2:08.32 from prelims this morning.<\/p>\n

That swim shot her to third in the world behind only Emily Seebohm (2:06.69) and Daria Ustinova (2:07.29) and moved her closer to yet another Hungarian record currently held by Krisztina Egerszegi with a 2:06.62 from 1991.<\/p>\n

Canada’s Dominique Bouchard took second in a time of 2:10.25, while Michigan’s Clara Smiddy placed third in 2:12.27.<\/p>\n

Hali Flickinger (2:12.42), Erin Voss (2:12.77), Allie Szekely (2:13.36), Hannah Moore (2:13.84) and Carolina Colorado (2:15.99) closed out the top eight.<\/p>\n

Kennedy Goss hit the wall in 2:12.17 to win the B final, while fellow Canadians Kylie Masse (2:12.96) and Barbara Jardin (2:14.97) went 2-3 in the consolation heat.<\/p>\n

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