Katinka Hosszu, the ’Iron Lady’ of swimming, retires after stellar career
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Katinka Hosszu, the ’Iron Lady’ of swimming, retires after stellar career

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Three-time Olympic champion Katinka Hosszu of Hungary, one of the greatest all-around swimmers, has announced her retirement. Known as the “Iron Lady” of swimming for her gruelling repertoire of events, the 35-year-old Hosszu competed at five Olympic Games. Hosszu won her three individual gold medals in Rio de Janeiro in 2016, in the 100-meter backstroke, as well as her signature 200 and 400 individual medleys. She also won nine individual world titles in the long course pool dating to 2009 and still holds the long course 200 individual medley world record.

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Katinka Hosszu, the ‘Iron Lady’ of swimming, retires after stellar career
11 hours, 39 minutes ago

Katinka Hosszu, the ‘Iron Lady’ of swimming, retires after stellar career

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BUDAPEST, Hungary — Three-time Olympic champion Katinka Hosszu of Hungary, one of the greatest all-around swimmers, has announced her retirement. Known as the “Iron Lady” of swimming for her gruelling repertoire of events, the 35-year-old Hosszu competed at five Olympic Games. Hosszu won her three individual gold medals in Rio de Janeiro in 2016, in the 100-meter backstroke, as well …

Paris 2024 Olympics: World record holding swimmer Sjostrom adds 50m freestyle gold to 100m title
5 months ago

Paris 2024 Olympics: World record holding swimmer Sjostrom adds 50m freestyle gold to 100m title

The Hindu  

World record holder Sarah Sjostrom won the women’s 50 metres freestyle gold at the Paris Olympics on Sunday, adding to the 100 title the Swede won last week. The 30-year-old Sjostrom is swimming as well as ever in her fifth Olympics and smashed Hungarian Katinka Hosszu’s Olympic record in the preliminaries. The Swede could not match that time in Sunday’s …

Katie Ledecky at Olympics: All you need to know about the most decorated female Olympic swimmer
5 months ago

Katie Ledecky at Olympics: All you need to know about the most decorated female Olympic swimmer

The Hindu  

With eight out of nine of her Olympic gold medals coming from individual events, Katie Ledecky, is touted as one of the greatest mid-distance female swimmers of all time. London 2012 Olympics: Katie Ledecky reacts after winning gold in the women’s 800m freestyle final at the London 2012 Olympic Games. Rio de Janeiro 2016 Olympics: Ledecky became the sole individual …

Swimming World Championships: O’Callaghan wins 200m freestyle title in world record time
1 year, 5 months ago

Swimming World Championships: O’Callaghan wins 200m freestyle title in world record time

The Hindu  

Australian teen Mollie O’Callaghan set a new world record in winning the women’s 200m freestyle in a time of 1min, 52.85sec at swimming’s World Championships on Wednesday. The previous world record was 1:52.98, set by Italian Federica Pellegrini at the 2009 world championships. To come away with a world record is just amazing.” O’Callaghan had fired a warning shot at …

Katie Ledecky Extends Record Medal Tally to 21 at Hungary Swimming Worlds
2 years, 6 months ago

Katie Ledecky Extends Record Medal Tally to 21 at Hungary Swimming Worlds

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Katie Ledecky has extended her record haul of medals from the world championships to 21, two more than any other female swimmer managed before. The 25-year-old Ledecky claimed her 18th gold at the worlds on Wednesday as the United States won the women’s 4×200 freestyle relay final, clocking the fastest split, 1:53.67, to help the Americans triumph in a championship …

Swimming: Emma McKeon first female swimmer to win seven medals at a single Olympics
3 years, 5 months ago

Swimming: Emma McKeon first female swimmer to win seven medals at a single Olympics

The Hindu  

Emma McKeon claimed her historic seventh swimming medal at the Tokyo Olympics on Sunday with Australia’s victory in the women’s 4x100 medley relay. The 27-year-old from Brisbane becomes the first female swimmer to win seven medals at a single Games. She is now only the second woman in history to win seven medals in a single Olympics, behind Soviet gymnast …

Katie Ledecky bids farewell to 2021 Tokyo Olympics
3 years, 5 months ago

Katie Ledecky bids farewell to 2021 Tokyo Olympics

The Hindu  

Katie Ledecky is bidding farewell to the Tokyo Games after claiming four medals, two of them gold. The American swimming star went on Twitter to post her thanks to the people of Tokyo and everyone who gave her “tremendous support this week and over the years!” Even though the stands were largely empty at the Olympic pool because of the …

Hosszu wins 60th gold at European Short Course championships
5 years, 1 month ago

Hosszu wins 60th gold at European Short Course championships

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Hungary’s Katinka Hosszu swam to her 90th international medal and 60th gold at the European Short Course championships before revealing she’s happy to train without a coach in the run-up to the 2020 Olympics. The 30-year-old ‘Iron Lady’ reached her landmark figures with victory in the 400m medley in Glasgow, 15 years after her first podium in the championships in …

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