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Katinka Hosszu of Hungary
The Star of the Day is Hungary’s Katinka Hosszu, who snared her third gold medal at the Rio Olympics on Tuesday with a gut-busting win in the women’s 200m individual medley final.
The 27-year-old led from start to finish to win the gruelling multi-stroke event in a time of two minutes 06.58 seconds, just 0.46 outside the world record she set at last year’s world championships in Russia.
Britain’s Siobhan-Marie O’Connor took the silver in 2:06.88while the bronze medal went to American Maya DiRado in 2:08.79.
Known as the “Iron Lady” of swimming, Hosszu is vying with Michael Phelps and Katie Ledecky as one of the stars in swimming at Rio. She also broke the world record in the 400 medley in Rio and was a surprise winner of the 100m backstroke.
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