Hosszu wins second gold of Rio Olympics in 100m backstroke

Source:Xinhua Published: 2016/8/9 10:28:30

Hungary's Katinka Hosszu grabbed her second gold medal of the Rio Olympics by winning the women's 100m backstroke final on Monday.

Hosszu clocked 58.45 seconds to finish 0.30sec ahead of Kathleen Baker of the USA and 0.31sec in front of Canada's Kylie Masse and China's Fu Yuanhui, who tied for bronze.

Olympic record holder Emily Seebohm of Australia was seventh, 0.74sec behind Hosszu.

On Sunday Hosszu won the gold medal and broke the world record in the 400m individual medley.

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