{"id":147776,"date":"2015-08-03T09:24:09","date_gmt":"2015-08-03T16:24:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/?p=147776"},"modified":"2015-08-03T10:22:51","modified_gmt":"2015-08-03T17:22:51","slug":"katinka-hosszu-stuns-takes-down-techsuited-world-record-in-200-im-at-2015-fina-world-championships","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/katinka-hosszu-stuns-takes-down-techsuited-world-record-in-200-im-at-2015-fina-world-championships\/","title":{"rendered":"Katinka Hosszu Stuns, Takes Down Techsuited World Record in 200 IM at 2015 FINA World Championships"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Iron Lady Katinka Hosszu<\/strong> broke the most infamous world record of the techsuit era as she clipped Ariana Kukors’<\/strong> amazing women’s 200-meter IM global mark at the 2015 FINA World Championships.<\/p>\n

Hosszu, who broke down in tears after the tremendous feat, did what no one thought would be done anytime soon as she blazed her way to a scorching time of 2:06.12.<\/p>\n

That performance clipped the previous world record of 2:06.15 set by Kukors at the 2009 World Championships.<\/p>\n

Before Hosszu began her focused attack on the record this year, Stephanie Rice<\/strong> was the closest swimmer to Kukors’ record with a 2:07.03 from the 2009 meet as well. \u00a0The textile best also had stood to Ye Shiwen<\/strong> with a 2:07.57 from the 2012 London Olympics, a full second-and-a-half off Kukors’ time.<\/p>\n

No one thought the record would fall – other than Hosszu. \u00a0Hosszu, so focused on breaking the record, changed up her typical Iron Lady schedule by scratching the top seed in the 100-meter back semis as she definitely sacrificed a medal in that event for the world record in the 200 IM.<\/p>\n

That’s Hosszu’s fourth career world title as she is looking to make history this year heading into the 2016 Rio Olympics.<\/p>\n

Comparative Splits<\/strong><\/p>\n[table \u201c\u201d not found \/]
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In the mythical swim against Kukors, one can see that Hosszu pushed the pace as hard as she possibly could through 150 meters and did what she had to do to overcome the techsuit-aided final freestyle charge of Kukors.<\/p>\n

Japan’s Kanako Watanabe<\/strong> finished second in 2:08.45 to crush her Japanese record of 2:09.61. \u00a0That swim moved her up to second in the world alongside Siobhan Marie O’Connor’s<\/strong> 2:08.45 from yesterday.<\/p>\n

O’Connor grabbed bronze in a time of 2:08.77, just off her British record of 2:08.21.<\/p>\n

USA’s Maya DiRado<\/strong> took fourth in 2:08.99 with Great Britain’s Hannah Miley<\/strong> placing fifth in 2:10.19.<\/p>\n

Canada’s Sydney Pickrem<\/strong> (2:10.32), USA’s Melanie Margalis<\/strong> (2:10.41) and China’s Ye (2:14.01) closed out the rest of the championship heat.<\/p>\n

2015 FINA World Championships, Swimming: Day 2 Finals – Results<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

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