2016 EUROPEAN CHAMPIONSHIPS
- Monday, May 16th – Sunday, May 22nd
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- Finals: 6:00 PM (London Time) / 1:00 PM (Eastern Time)
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Hungarian Iron Lady Katinka Hosszu got the job done in the women’s 400m IM at the 2016 European Championships, kicking off her 6-event individual campaign. After scoring a morning mark of 4:30.97 to clock a new Championship Record and the top seed, Hosszu dropped another .07 of a second to notch the gold, finishing in 4:30.90 tonight.
After the race, Hosszu tells the media that she wanted to go faster than she did in the morning, which she did, since she’ll need to go hard in both prelims and finals once in Rio. Also, she comments on how she got over the ghosts of Olympics past, where she finished 4th in this same event at the 2012 Games in this very pool.
“I have a great three and half years behind me, I have been enjoying every moment of the journey. This day was also about to erase all bad memories I had from this pool [from the 2012 Olympics when she was 4th). Today I managed to achieve that. Also, at the European Championships I feel no pressure so my only task is to enjoy this competition.”
As originally reported by Loretta Race:
WOMEN’S 400 IM – FINAL
- Katinka Hosszu (HUN), 4:30.90
- Hannah Miley (GBR), 4:35.27
- Szuszanna Jakabos (HUN), 4:38.39
Racing almost a full 300m under World Record pace, Hungary’s #IronLady lowered her own Championship Record that she set just this morning in prelims. Katinka Hosszu notched her 3rd European 400m IM Title, topping the podium in a new meet mark of 4:30.90, just .07 faster than her morning outing.
Hosszu still sits atop the world rankings with her stellar outing of 4:29.89 from Marseilles, although of her swim tonight, Hosszu commented, “I have a great three and half years behind me, I have been enjoying every moment of the journey. This day was also about to erase all bad memories I had from this pool [from the 2012 Olympics from when she was 4th]. Today I managed to achieve that. Also, at the European Championships, I feel no pressure, so my only task is to enjoy this competition.”
Teammate ZsuZsanna Jakabos made it a 1 & 3 Hungarian finish with a milestone of her own. In earning the bronze in 4:38.39, Jakabos just claimed her 7th European Championships long course medal.
In between the Hungarians was host nation’s Hannah Miley, who, with her time of 4:35.27, took home Great Britain’s first swimming medal of these championships. Miley was just over 2 seconds faster at her nation’s Olympic Trials in which she earned her Olympic roster spot in this event in 4:33.40.
