Hungary’s Katinka Hosszu just can’t stop breaking records, and her onslaught continued on Friday morning with a new meet record in the 200 back. Hosszu’s 1:59.95 gives her a three-and-a-half second cushion over the rest of the field, and also represents the first time that a woman has broken 2:00 at the European Championships.
The previous meet record had been held by Ukraine’s Daryna Zevina at 2:01.97 from 2012. Needless to say, it should be expected that Hosszu will lower her newly minted record even further in the final tonight, and she may take a stab at her own World Record of 1:59.23 from last year’s World Championships.
Hosszu’s splits:
28.23
58.46 (30.23)
1:29.34 (30.88)
1:59.95 (30.61)
Good decision to skip the 200 fly. Hope she forgets it forever. Should focus im, back and 200 free at Rio.
Why do swimmers like Hosszu, Ledecky and Sjostrom always swim so fast?
There should be an investigation to obtain the explanation!
Errrr….because they are fast swimmers.
I feel like this is a very good explanation.
Investigate it yourself. Follow her daily routine, her hard work and dedication, her mindset and you’ll know how she does it. She trains, lives like a machine and that’s what separates her from the rest of the elite swimmers. She cranked it up 1 or 2 notch at least.