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Hosszu wins third gold medal of Rio Games

Xinhua, August 10, 2016 Adjust font size:

Hungary's Katinka Hosszu won her third gold medal of the Rio Olympics on Tuesday, cruising to victory in the women's 200m individual medley.

The 27-year-old touched the wall in an Olympic record time of 2:06.58, three tenths of a second ahead of Britain's Siobhan-Marie O'Connor at the at the Olympic Aquatics Stadium.

The USA's Maya Dirado took bronze in 2:08.79.

Hosszu also won gold in the 100m backstroke on Monday and the 400m individual medley on Sunday. Endite