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FINA Aquatics 2017, 11th day – Katinka Hosszú wins Hungary’s first gold, further medals for Great Britain and Sweden
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Adam Peaty of Britain triumphed in the men’s 100-metre breaststroke in the 17th World Aquatics Championships in Budapest on Monday, winning his third world championships in a row. Sarah Sjostrom of Sweden triumphed in the women’s 100-metre butterfly event, winning her third world championships in a row. Benjamin Proud of Britain won the men’s 50-metre butterfly event, but the swimming highlight of the day was Katinka Hosszú winning the women’s 200-metre medley event, which is her third world championships in a row.
Men’s 100 m breaststroke:
1. Adam Peaty (GBR) 57.47 sec
2. Kevin Cordes (USA) 58.79
3. Kirill Prigoda (RUS) 59.05
Women’s 100 m butterfly:
1. Sarah Sjostrom (SWE) 55:53 sec
2. Emma McKeon (AUS) 56.18
3. Kelsi Worrell (USA) 56.37
Men’s 50 m butterfly:
1. Benjamin Proud (GBR) 22.75 sec
2. Nicholas Santos (BRA) 22.79
3. Andrii Govorov (UKR) 22.84
Women’s 200 m medley:
1. Katinka Hosszu (HUN) 2:07.00 sec
2. Yui Ohashi (JPN) 2:07.91
3. Madisyn Cox (USA) 2:09.71
Women’s 100 m backstroke:
Hungarian swimmer Katinka Hosszú qualified with the second fastest time for the 100 m backstroke semifinals, but withdrew from the race to focus on the 200 m medley final to be held on Monday evening.
Hosszú swam in the fifth heat in the preliminaries, coming in first with a time of 58.80 seconds, 4 tenths off from her own national record achieved at the 2016 Olympics in Rio de Janeiro.
