Hosszu, Le Clos take home five golds each
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Chad Le Clos and Katinka Hosszu both completed a stunning haul of five gold medals at the Singapore World Cup yesterday to take a virtually unassailable lead in the series standings.
Le Clos, who set a new short-course 200m butterfly world record on Tuesday, added the 200m freestyle, 100m butterfly and 200m individual medley titles — winning every race he entered.
“Last night was a very good night for me, probably the best night I’ve had in short-course, and tonight was just about racing good competitors to see where I’m at,” said the 21-year-old South African.
“The butterfly and freestyle were very, very close. I’m just really happy with tonight. Two years ago I got six gold medals, so I’ll take 11 from 11!”
Hungary’s Hosszu finished her grueling two-day program of 11 races with five victories after winning the 400m and 100m individual medleys and the 100m backstroke on the final evening.
But Hosszu admitted the tough schedule got the better of her as she finished last in her final event, the 50m butterfly.
“I already swam four times and it was really close but I still like to get up and race and try my best,” said Hosszu, who is building up to the European short-course championships next month.
“It definitely gives me good experience of how it feels when I’m really tired.”
Both swimmers enjoy a big lead in the points table, with little realistic chance they will be caught in the eight-stop series’ final two legs in Tokyo and Beijing.
South Africa’s Myles Brown opened proceedings with a masterful win in the men’s 1500m, going neck-and-neck with Gergely Gyurta before surging at the close to win by two seconds.
Jamaica’s Alia Atkinson was just 14 hundredths off the world record in the women’s 50m breaststroke, while Australia’s Cate Campbell was also a fast winner in the 100m freestyle.
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