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WOMEN’S 400 IM – Reported by SwimSwam – 2014 Arena Grand Prix
This was Katinka Hosszu’s race right from the start. Her fly looked effortless, the backstroke smooth, her breaststroke looked long and strong, and her freestyle kick on the last hundred was making white water. Even though Hosszu was five body lengths ahead, she said “swimming the 400 IM with not a lot of competition was very hard”. After already winning the 200 free earlier, Hosszu captured another win in a time of 4:37.85. Becca Mann finished strong for second place in a time of 4:42.29 while Elizabeth Beisel, who was showing off in a practice suit, grabbed third in a time of 4:44.45. Vien Nguyen had a strong breaststroke leg to make up some ground on Beisel but wasn’t able to close and finished fourth with a 4:45.48. Hannah Moore was right behind her for fifth place with a time of 4:47.08. Rounding out the top heat was Tanja Kylliainen (4:48.70) in sixth, Brooke Zeiger (4:51.64) in seventh, and Emma Nunn (4:52.92) finishing eighth.