W200IM: Katinka Hosszu Hammers Home A 2:07.30 Win Ahead Of Brits O’Connor & Miley

European Championships

London, Day 4 Finals

Born-again 27-year-old World champion Katinka Hosszu, of Hungary, clocked a championship record 2:07.30 for the 200m medley crown ahead of Britain’s Siobhan-Marie O’Connor and Hannah Miley, on 2:09.03 and 2:11.34.

The meet mark represented more of the stomping form that has characterised Hosszu’s headlong rush to another realm and status in the past two years.   The 200m medley is among a weighty catalogue of events stacked with astonishing Hosszu statistics that it is hard if not impossible to find anywhere else in the sport.

You have to go back to 2010 when Hosszu was 21 to find the 2:10.09 that stood as her career best in textile before her born-again career began in 2013 beyond a 2:10.68 in the Olympic rounds and the 2:14.19 for last place in the final for a swimmer who could not cope with the pace and knowing that to be the case, all but gave up.

Hosszu does not give up these days. Since 2013 and the advent of Shane Tusup as her coach and husband-to-be, Hosszu has taken a flame-thrower to the all-time medley rankings.

Take the 200m: at the start of 2013, Hosszu’s highest entry on the all-time performances list was 57th best with that 2:10.68 from London 2012 semis.

In the past three years, between the ages of 24 and 27, Hosszu has built the following edifice:

All-suits: 6 out of 10 and 18/50 best ever. Textile-only: 8/10 and 15/20 best ever.

Jaws dropped when Ye Shiwen, then a 16-year-old schoolgirl, raced nto uncharted waters in textile for Olympic gold in 2:07.57. A year earlier Ye had establiushed the textile standard at …

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