{"id":405661,"date":"2019-12-07T09:53:09","date_gmt":"2019-12-07T16:53:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/?p=405661"},"modified":"2019-12-07T13:17:55","modified_gmt":"2019-12-07T20:17:55","slug":"european-championships-katinka-hosszu-completes-a-treble-treble-of-medley-triumphs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/european-championships-katinka-hosszu-completes-a-treble-treble-of-medley-triumphs\/","title":{"rendered":"European Championships: Katinka Hosszu Completes A Treble Treble Of Medley Triumphs"},"content":{"rendered":"

European Short-Course Championships<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

Glasgow, Day 4 Finals and Semi-Finals<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

Katinka Hosszu<\/strong> became the first woman to complete the treble treble when she made a clean sweep of the medley titles with victory in the 200IM at the European Short-Course Championships <\/strong>in Glasgow.<\/p>\n

Russia<\/strong> – with a lead-off leg of 20.65 from Vladimir Morozov – <\/strong>set a new European record of 1:28.31 in the mixed 4x50m freestyle ahead of Great Britain<\/strong>, with an anchor leg by Freya Anderson<\/strong> who picked up her second medal of the night after 200m free gold, and France<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

It cut 0.08 from the previous mark set by the Netherlands at the 2017 edition in Copenhagen, Denmark and brought a fifth gold medal of the competition for Morozov.<\/p>\n

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Hosszu, of Hungary, had already won the 400IM and 100IM and was in control of the 200 pretty much throughout although Siobhan O\u2019Connor<\/strong> was with her on the opening butterfly leg.<\/p>\n

Hosszu touched in 2:04.68 ahead of Maria Ugolkova<\/strong> who won out in a private duel with O\u2019Connor down the final 25, 2:06.59 to 2:06.74.<\/p>\n

She was, though, dissatisfied with her performance, saying: “It\u2019s crazy because it definitely does look like from the outside that I am so consistent.<\/p>\n

\u201cI am not happy with this race, I want to go faster. I think I screwed up a lot of turns and a lot of things that I wanted to focus on but it was not a really focused race from me tonight.<\/p>\n

\u201cMy goal always has been to be so good that if I have a bad race I can still get the gold.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

So, plenty to focus on.<\/p>\n

“For me yes of course, there is always things to work on. When I feel like there is not much more to do that\u2019s the time I am going to end my swimming career.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

“So I still have a lot to improve and a lot in me and a lot of training to do and I always look at my race and at the time and how I did and at the rankings \u2013 I never focus on the ranking.”<\/p>\n

It was a different matter for Ugolkova for whom the medal was a surprise, the Swiss saying: “It was a tight race and I\u2019m very happy as I didn\u2019t expect a medal at all. And just want to say that I love this pool.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Siobhan O’Connor; Photo Courtesy: Rob Schumacher-USA TODAY Sports<\/p><\/div>\n

O’Connor, clad in a lime-green suit, had been with Hosszu on the opening 50 and was still in contention on the backstroke although the Hungarian kept on extending her lead.<\/p>\n

The Briton, who won silver behind Hosszu at Rio 2016, went stroke for stroke with Ugolkova down the last length and although she was out-touched, O’Connor was pleased with the outcome.<\/p>\n

She said: “I\u2019m very happy with the time and the medal. It was a difficult race but I think I paced it very well.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Morozov was joined by Vladislav Grinev<\/strong>, Arina Surkova<\/strong> and Maria Kameneva<\/strong> as he completed his third relay triumph at Tollcross.<\/p>\n

He said: “At this moment what can I say? I\u2019m happy but also tired. We knew we could do really amazing things with this relay and we just did it. Now I\u2019m just exhausted, wish to finish this event well and have a big rest.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Anderson anchored the British quartet home in 1:28.64 as she turned bronze to silver with France third for whom Florent Manaudou swam an eye-watering split of 20.09.<\/p>\n

He said: “The sensations came back during this relay final and the conclusion of the day for France, to win a medal, is just fine.\u201d<\/p>\n

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