Katinka Hosszu broke her first long course world record en route to becoming the repeat 200m IM world champion with a time of 2:06.12.
With her winning time she took three one-hundredths of a second off what was previously thought to be an untouchable record of 2:06.15 set by Ariana Kukors at the 2009 World Championships.
Hosszu attacked the race right from the start, turning under world record pace at the first 50 wall. Hosszu continued to swim under world record pace for the remainder of the swim, holding on during the freestyle leg to better the record by a very slim margin.
Below is a comparison of Kukors 2009 world record splits and Hosszu’s 2015 world record splits:
| World Record Splits | 50 | 100 | 150 | 200 |
| Katinka Hosszu 2015 | 27.30 (27.30) | 58.94 (31.64) | 1:35.64 (36.70) | 2:06.12 (30.48) |
| Ariana Kukors 2009 | 27.72 (27.72) | 59.24 (31.52) | 1:36.31 (37.07) | 2:06.15 (29.84) |
Hosszu’s breaststroke leg is what really made the difference in solidifying the record for her. Not predominately known for her breaststroke, Hosszu split a swift 36.70 in what was supposed to be her weakest leg.
Hosszu set a new personal best and European record of 2:07.30 in prelims before bettering that mark in the semifinals to reset the European record at 2:06.84. Her semifinal swim was the second fastest performance ever in the event behind Kukor’s 2009 swim, suggesting that a world record was a direct possibility.
Hosszu scratched the 100m backstroke semifinals in order to assumably focus on the 200m IM tonight.
With her victory, Hosszu earned her fourth long course world championship gold medal of her career, and repeated as the 200m IM world champion.
Hosszu is now the world record holder in both the long course and short course 200m IMs.
Hosszu is a great swimmer, but it’s very fishy for a 26 year old to suddenly be two seconds faster than at 22, 23, 24, 25. Not to mention now being the best backstroke on earth. I’d rather a suit record.
Sometimes you got to put the blinders on and enjoy the moment.
NEMOFISH says men,s swimming has to step it up.
NEMOFISH have you even looked at the men,s world records in every event. The men,s world record in every event is insane.
Katie ledecky is amazing but she,s almost a minute slower than the men,s world record in the 1,500 free.
14:31 to 15:27. That,s almost a 57 second difference. She can lower the world record to a 15:20 but even if she does so she will still be 50 seconds slower than the men,s world record. 50 seconds is still pretty huge. And I think the men,s world record can go lower to at least a sub 14:30. Maybe a 14:28.
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What do you guys think of Katinka’s chances of taking down the 4 IM record?
Very very good.
Roids 1, Rest of Field 0
No argument re Hosszu, it’s painfully obvious in my opinion, but I wouldn’t assume the “rest of field” is not roiding also.
It was absolutely delightful for me to see her break a world record that was said to last another decade or so. I mean, she is probably the best short course female swimmer, but I was a little skeptical that she could improve so much on her long course personal bests. Okay, this statement remains to be proven by her, as she has several even more difficult races, where competition will be much stronger. If she can swim personal bests in all of them than in my opinion those results should be enough for any type of medal color. I’m kind of afraid that for the 400 medley she will be very tired, and possibly could lack the energy on… Read more »
United States
Ok. Thanks. So it must work everywhere.
Sure does –
British version (not sure if you can see this outside the UK..)
http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/live/swimming/33510906
RACE VIDEO French TV
Can you tell me if it works outside of France?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pMQR38ECCFI
Works for me
Where are you Hswimmer?
Worked for me. I’m in San Antonio right now.