Katinka Hosszu claimed her second gold medal of Rio 2016 in the women's 100 metre backstroke on Monday.
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Rio 2016: Katinka Hosszu wins second gold
Hungarian Katinka Hosszu won her second gold in three days by triumphing in the women's 100 metre backstroke.
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The Hungarian had already won the 400m individual medley at the Olympic Aquatics Centre on Saturday.
And the 27-year-old triumphed again in the 100m backstroke with a time of 58.45 seconds, 0.30s ahead of American silver medallist Kathleen Baker.
Kylie Masse of Canada and China's Fu Yuanhui took bronze in 58.76.
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Australian pair Emily Seebohm and Madison Wilson were a distant seventh and eighth respectively.
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