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

Hosszu, Lochte, Moller Pedersen among huge names to compete at Mare Nostrum in Monaco

The Mare Nostrum series’ Monaco stop – the final stop on the tour – has posted start lists that include some huge names, including the Iron Lady Katinka Hosszu, the American SwimMAC contingent led by Ryan Lochte, and the rising group of Danish women including world record-holder Rikke Moller Pedersen.

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Exciting Races to Come Over the Next Two Days at the Bergen Swim Festival

After the first day of prelims at the Bergen Swim Festival the semi-finals and finals should include some exciting racing…

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Bergen Swim Festival; Will Hosszu Erase Egerszegi From the Record Books?

The Bergen Swim Festival will kick off tomorrow in Bergen, Norway…

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Katinka Hosszu Responds to Doping Allegations, Mulls Legal Action

Hungarian swimmer Katinka Hosszu has made her first public response to allegations by Casey Barrett that she is using performance enhancing drugs, despite what he says is “no proof.”

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Tamas Gyarfas Re-Elected As Hungarian Swimming President For Next Five Years

Tamas Gyarfas was re-elected as the president of the Hungarian Swimming Federation. Gyarfas has held the position since 1993, and will hold that position at least for the next five years.

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FFN Golden Tour in Nancy: Five More Golds for Hosszu on Day 3

Katinka Hosszu had an outstanding final day of the French Federation’s Golden Tour in Nancy; she won 5 of the 6 events she swam, and was runner-up in the sixth.

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Hosszu wins three, including comeback 200 breast on day 2 of FFN Golden Tour in Nancy

Katinka added another three gold medals and two silvers on Day Two of the FFN Golden Tour in Nancy, France.

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FFN Golden Tour in Nancy: Hosszu, Metella, Verraszto Out Front After Day 1

Katinka Hosszu tops the leaderboard after three podia on Day One of the Nancy stage of France’s Golden Tour.

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French Stars Out in Full Force at the Golden Tour in Nancy

The fourth stop on the FFN Golden Tour will hit Nancy this weekend and once again the French contingent of stars looks to be out in full force…

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Hosszu’s $6000 haul leads Charlotte Pro Swim Series money-earners

Katinka Hosszu raked in $6,000 on six wins at the Arena Pro Swim Series meet in Charlotte over the weekend, the highest single-meet money total so far this season.

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Dwyer and Hosszu build commanding Arena Pro Swim Series points leads after Charlotte

With one stop left on the Arena Pro Swim Series, Conor Dwyer and Katinka Hosszu sit on commanding points leads, putting themselves in the driver’s seat for the season-ending $10,000 bonus checks.

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Team Arena Combines for 13 Medals at Arena Pro Swim Series at Charlotte

Tom Shields topped Olympic gold medalists Ryan Lochte and Michael Phelps to win the 100-meter butterfly.Shields posted a time of 52.12 seconds to earn the victory in the 16th-fastest time in the world this year.

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9 things we learned from the 2015 Charlotte Pro Swim Series meet

The fifth stop of the Arena Pro Swim Series wrapped up in Charlotte last weekend. As the dust settles on one of the fastest and deepest Pro Swim Series meets yet, here are 9 big things we learned:

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Katinka seeing huge time drops from last year (Video Interview)

After 3 victorious doubles, Katinka Hosszu asserted her Iron Lady dominance and left Charlotte with a perfect 6-for-6 record.

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2015 Arena Pro Swim Charlotte: Watch Katinka Hosszu Break 200 IM US Open Record; All Day 4 Race Videos

Katinka Hosszu won the 200 IM, breaking Julia Smit’s US Open record from 2009 with a time of 2:08.66.

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