World Swimming Championships: Hosszu sets 200m medley world record

Gold medalist Katinka Hosszu of Hungary poses with silver medalist Kanako Watanabe of Japan and bronze medalist Siobhan-Marie O'Connor of Great Britain after the Women's 200m Individual Medley at the 16th FINA World Championships in Kazan. Photograph: Adam Pretty/Getty Images

Hungary's Katinka Hosszu set a world record for the women's 200 metres individual medley at the world swimming championships on Monday.

Hosszu's time of two minutes 6.12 seconds broke the previous mark of 2:06.15 by Ariana Kukors of the United States, set at the world championships in Rome in 2009.

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