Her fourth games have been a triumph for Hosszu, who is coached by her American-born husband, Shane Tusup.
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Hungary’s Katinka Hosszu won her third Olympic gold medal in four days on Tuesday with victory in the women’s 200m individual medley.
Katinka Hosszú of Hungary won gold in the women’s 200-meter individual medley at the 2016 Rio Olympics with a time of 2:06.68, setting an Olympic record.
The Iron Lady is piling up quite a medal collection in Rio.
“I don’t think I had my best race, but this is what we’ve been working for the last four years”, she said.
American Maya DiRado won bronze while Siobhan-Marie O’Connor of Great Britain won silver.
During Tuesday’s preliminary heat, Hosszu strangely did not appear behind the blocks of her scheduled 200m butterfly race, leaving the U.S.’ Cammile Adams to win the heat going away. If she wins, she’ll tie East German Kristin Otto’s mark of four individual golds.
She said however that she would just treat the rest of the meet as fun, and would not be putting any pressure on herself.
“I thought really that having just one gold would be unbelievable”, she said. “Having three is really just a bonus”. Hosszu broke her own Olympic record with a time of 2:06.58.
The 27-year-old Hungarian came to Rio de Janeiro with five golds and nine medals overall at the world championships.
China’s Ye Shiwen finished last in the final with a time of 2:13.56. DiRado finished in 2:08.79.
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“I would have been OK grabbing any color”, she said.
