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Hungary’s Katinka Hosszu became just the second woman ever to break 2:07 in the women’s 200-meter IM with a textile best and European record during semis at the 2015 FINA World Championships.
Hosszu clocked a top time of 2:06.84 to finish more than a second-and-a-half ahead of the rest of the finals qualifiers.
That performance downed her previous textile best and European record of 2:07.30 set during prelims. She also surpassed Stephanie Rice (2:07.03) for second all time in the event behind only Ariana Kukors’ world record of 2:06.15 from 2009.
Comparative Splits
[table “” not found /]Great Britain’s Siobhan Marie O’Connor earned the second seed in a time of 2:08.45, just missing her British record of 2:08.21.
Japan’s Kanako Watanabe put up the third seed with a time of 2:09.61 to lower her Japanese record of 2:09.81.
USA’s Maya DiRado (2:09.82), Canada’s Sydney Pickrem (2:10.08), USA’s Melanie Margalis (2:10.61), Great Britain’s Hannah Miley (2:11.19) and China’s Ye Shiwen (2:11.39) also made their way into the finale.
SCHEDULED EVENTS
- Women’s 100 fly semis
- Men’s 400 free finals
- Women’s 200 IM semis
- Men’s 50 fly semis
- Women’s 400 free finals
- Men’s 100 breast semis
- Women’s 400 free relay finals
- Men’s 400 free relay finals
go katinka✌?️??????
She told in the mix-zone in the morning that she is not planning to go that fast in the semis. People DO NOT BELIEVE her if she says, she is not going for the WR in the finals ;)!
Hajrá!!!
#proudtobehungarian
Hajrá!
Wonderful swimmer !!He brought new glory !! Katinka go for it !!!!
…he?