Katinka Hosszu

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“Nobody can argue right now that she’s not the most versatile swimmer in the world, male or female." - Rowdy Gaines

Day 4 Finals Preview: Phelps & Le Clos Set For Epic Battle In 200 Fly

Michael Phelps and Chad Le Clos will do battle tonight in what could be the race of the Games.

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Rio Rapid Fire: Day Four Prelims

Kyle Chalmers of Australia and Caeleb Dressel of the United States raced in the same heat. Chalmers got the better of Dressel in 47.90 while Dressel finished just one one-hundredth behind him in 47.91.

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Katinka Hosszu A No-Show For Women’s 200 Fly Prelims

Katinka Hosszu was a no-show for the women’s 200 fly prelims this morning.

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Swimmers define Dominance in Rio

Counting finals swims only, Katinka Hosszu’s world-record-smashing 400 IM was by far the most dominant swim of night one.

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Day 4 Prelims Preview: Loaded Men’s 100 Freestyle Gets Underway

The men’s 100 freestyle headlines four events at day 4 prelims in Rio.

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2016 Rio Olympic Games: Day Three Finals Live Recap

The heated grudge-match between Lilly King and Yulia Efimova will take place last night.

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2016 Olympics Pick ‘Em Contest, Day 3 Results

Katinka Hosszu came up golden again tonight. Unlike her 400 IM on the opening night, this one surprised our readers

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TritonWear Race Analysis: 2016 Olympics Women’s 100 Backstroke

TritonWear brings you the 2016 Summer Games with daily in-depth race analysis of every final.

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European Recap Day 3: The Iron Lady Tests Her Metal

Hungarian Katinka Hosszu won her second Olympic gold medal in the women’s 100 backstroke on the first of two nights where she will be swimming multiple events…

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Katinka Hosszu Posts New Hungarian Record in 100 Back Victory

After smashing the 400 IM world record and the 200 IM Olympic record already at these Games, Katinka Hosszu has managed to take down another mark– her own 100 back Hungarian record.

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O’Connor Breaks British Record and Sneaks into All Time Top 5

Siobhan-Marie O’Connor posted a time of 2:07.57 in the semi-finals of the women’s 200 IM breaking her own British record of 2:08.21…

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Rio Rapid Fire: Day Three Finals

Repping the stars n’ stripes Ryan Murphy of the USA managed to continue a longstanding tradition of American excellence in the 100m backstroke with a gold medal performance. His 51.97 makes him the fastest textile swimmer of all time in the event and ranks as the second fastest performance ever only behind Aaron Peirsol’s world record.

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Fu Yuanhui, Xu Jiayu Set Chinese Records in 100 Backstroke

Fu Yuanhui and Xu Jiayu both set Chinese records in the 100 meter backstroke tonight in two electrifying and surprising finals that put both swimmers on the podium.

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2016 Olympics: Day 3 Finals Photo Vault

Thanks to Simone Castrovillari for these Olympic swimming photos.

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Rio Olympic Medalists Twitter List (Day 3 Update)

You can follow Katinka Hosszu on Twitter, along with every other Rio swimming medalist so far.

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