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Rio 2016: More gold for Hosszu in 200m IM

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Katinka Hosszu's remarkable Olympics continued, claiming her third gold medal in Rio by taking out the women's 200 metre individual medley.
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The Hungarian, already a winner in the 100m backstroke and 400m IM, edged out Siobhan-Marie O'Connor on Tuesday.

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Hosszu, 27, claimed victory in a time of two minutes and 6.58 seconds – breaking an Olympic record she had set in the heats.

She led from the outset and despite appearing to battle late on, she held off O'Connor.

American Maya DiRado added a bronze to the silver she won in the 400m IM.

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