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Hosszu wins fourth women's 200 medley world title

Hosszu wins fourth women's 200 medley world title
Swimming - 18th FINA World Swimming Championships - Women's 200m Individual Medley Semi-Finals - Nambu University Municipal Aquatics Center, Gwangju, South Korea - July 21, 2019. Katinka Hosszu of Hungary competes. REUTERS/Kim Hong-Ji Copyright  KIM HONG-JI(Reuters)
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GWANGJU, South Korea (Reuters) - Hungary's Katinka Hosszu continued her domination of the women's individual medley by winning the 200 metres event for the fourth time at the world championships in Gwangju on Monday.

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Olympic champion Hosszu won gold in a time of 2:07.53 ahead of China's Ye Shiwen (2:08.60) and Canadian Sydney Pickrem (2:08.70)

(Reporting by Peter Rutherford; Additional reporting by Joori Roh; Editing by Kevin Liffey)

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