Katinka Hosszu made history again

According to index.hu, Katinka Hosszu became the first swimmer who earned more than 200 medals in the history of World Cup. She broke through the dream limit in Beijing, leading the eternal ranking with 202 podium finishes (134-34-29). Hosszu now earned four medals. Zsuzsanna Jakabos earned two, David Verraszto won mixed 400m, statement of the Hungarian Swimming Association wrote.

“I just could not touch the wall sooner” – cheerfully said Katinka Hosszu, after compared to the excellent performance in Hong Kong where she won 5 gold medals on opening day, she earned one gold and three silver medals this time.

“I raised the bar high, it succeeded thus today, but if we look at the overall points standing, I am still in the lead. Meanwhile, of course, it turned out again that nobody is unbeatable. However, I am very proud of the 200 jubilee victory!”

She triumphed among the three 200m-categories in the medley this time, quite confidently (2:10.44). In addition, the jubilee became really worthy: the 200^th World Cup medal is gold.

She finished second in 200m freestlye (1:56.60) – the Chinese Youth Olympic Champion Duo Sen overtook her by 16 hundredth. The Australian Emily Seebohm was quicker than her in 200m back (2:10.26), index.hu wrote