If she wins, she’ll tie East German Kristin Otto’s mark of four individual golds.
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The last Games that featured different winners in these two events was Barcelona 1992, when China’s Lin Li won the 200m individual medley and Hungary’s Krisztina Egerszegi was victorious in the eight-lap race.
Katinka Hosszu of Hungary won the women’s Olympic 100 metres backstroke on Monday to claim her second gold of the Rio Games, edging out Kathleen Baker of the United States. In 2015, she won a world championship in the 4×100-meter mixed medley and took third in the 200-meter individual medley. “I’ve been swimming for 16 years and to have it come to this is just a dream come true”, – a predictably thrilled Murphy said after breaking the Olympic record.
Her fourth games have been a triumph for Hosszu, who is coached by her American-born husband, Shane Tusup. The couple met as students at the University of Southern California.
Britain’s Siobhan-Marie O’Connor was second, three tenths of a second behind, while bronze went to American Maya Dirado.
The Russian surged forward in the second half of the race and appeared to be catching her rival, but King finished powerfully in an Olympic record time of one minute 4.93 seconds, with Efimova 0.57 seconds behind.
“I can’t say that I’m happy, it’s just good that I was able to compete”, she said.
She faded in the closing stages on Monday to finish seventh.
“I’ve won gold medals in the 400 and 1,500 metres and the only thing missing was the 200”, said Sun, who reeled in Le Clos after the South African had led at the turn following an explosive start. “Coming into Rio, I wanted to take it like any other meet”.
“I don’t even feel exhausted just because I’m so excited”. “Having three so far is really just a bonus”.
And she’s not done yet. And Hosszu ensured that she would not be the anomaly.
“Katinka is having a fantastic meet”, said American rival Katie Ledecky, victor of three medals, including two golds.
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Hungary’s gold medal victor Katinka Hosszu competes in the women’s 200-meter individual medley final during the swimming competitions at the 2016 Summer Olympics, Tuesday, Aug. 9, 2016, in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
