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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.
BBC commentator says she uses USRPT. Can anyone confirm this (apart from her or her husband)? Would explain why she can swim fast times all year round.
Just done a quick online search on USRPT. It is a training program, not a substance. …Got a tad bit nervous there..Obviously I am not a swimming pro….. ( Ultra Short Race Pace Training it is ).It is very likely, that using this program CHANGED her performance. The rumour is that her previous coach told her after her disappointing London 2012 performance, that she could always “open a beauty salon in Budapest”, after swimming is over….
Hahaha!
That obviously was never an option for Hosszu and her new coach/now husband Tusup.
Good on them for trying something different, and at this point I understand why there are still a lot of sceptics around. Always will be…
She doesn’t.
She deserved it so much, I cried with her 😀 I think (I hope) she is capable of winning both 400 IM and 200 back.
“I cried with her ?”
Yeah me too 🙂 (and I’m a guy 🙂 )
Would have been impossible without dropping the 100M back.
Probably she would’ve get a medal there as well (might have been gold)
She said it means more for her than an olympic gold.
This is everything what she wanted, she got pretty emotional (well we all did 🙂 )
Link for those outside the US
http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x308dll_women-s-200m-medley-final-katinka-hosszu-2-06-12-world-record-kazan-2015_sport
What’s also amazing is how fast the race was in general. In 2011 2:09.00 was good for silver. In 2013 it took a 2:09.39 for 2nd place. Even in London, at the height of competitive depth, a 2:08.95 won bronze.
Di Rado swam a 2:08.99 for the fastest non-medal swim ever. A heartbreaking silver lining.
The fast that 2:09 mid was so medal worthy until recently highlights the dominance of a 2:06.12. I thought the 2:06.84 was ridiculous enough, but Katinka chopped 1.4 seconds off the TWR and 1.8 seconds from her personal breast. Granted from 2013 to 2014 Katinka dropped the SC WR in the 200 IM by over 2 seconds, so the improvement ought to have… Read more »
Such amazing “technique”
BEST. MODE. ON.
Wow.