{"id":342593,"date":"2018-12-15T04:32:29","date_gmt":"2018-12-15T11:32:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/?p=342593"},"modified":"2019-06-22T20:59:22","modified_gmt":"2019-06-23T03:59:22","slug":"hosszu-wins-third-straight-200-im-title-margalis-breaks-american-record","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/hosszu-wins-third-straight-200-im-title-margalis-breaks-american-record\/","title":{"rendered":"Hosszu Wins Third Straight 200 IM Title; Margalis Breaks American Record"},"content":{"rendered":"

Hungarian\u00a0Katinka Hosszu\u00a0<\/strong>was about 1.5 seconds off her world record in the 200 IM but still had no trouble winning the first individual event of the night, touching first by more than a second in 2:03.25. The only doubt of Hosszu dominance in the event came over the backstroke leg, when\u00a0Kathleen Baker\u00a0<\/strong>dropped a 30.77 split to rocket to first place while Hosszu fell back to third.<\/p>\n

The Hungarian Olympic gold medalist made it all up on the breaststroke leg, however, distancing herself further over the final 50 to grab the win. In second was\u00a0Melanie Margalis\u00a0<\/strong>(2:04.62), who broke\u00a0Caitlin Leverenz’s\u00a0<\/strong>2011 American record of 2:04.91.<\/p>\n

Baker\u00a0ended up with the bronze (2:05.54), which is the world record holder’s first international medal in the 200 IM.<\/p>\n

Baker\u00a0(on her race and earning bronze): \u201cI just sort if went for it on that one. This was my last individual, so I really wanted to leave everything in the pool I could. It definitely hurt pretty bad coming home on that freestyle, but I\u2019m happy with that time and to get to share the podium with Mel is awesome.\u201d<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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