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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 …

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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 …

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At 17, swimmer Summer McIntosh is ready to be a breakout star at Paris Olympics

Follow our Olympics coverage in the lead-up to the Paris Games. The 10 fastest women's 400m IMs ever Rank Swimmer Nationality Time Year Event 1 Summer McIntosh Canada 4:24.38 2024 Canadian Olympic trials 2 Summer McIntosh Canada 4:25.87 2023 Canadian swimming trials 3 Katinka Hosszu Hungary 4:26.36 2016 Rio Olympics 4 Summer McIntosh Canada 4:27.11 2023 World Aquatics championships 5 …

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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 …