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WOMEN’S 400M INDIVIDUAL MEDLEY – FINALS
2013 World Champion: Katinka Hosszu, HUN – 4:30.41
World Record: 4:28.43 – Ye Shiwen, CHN – 2012
Championship Record: 4:30.31 – Katinka Hosszu, HUN – 2009
GOLD: Katinka Hosszu, HUN – 4:30.39
SILVER: Maya DiRado, USA – 4:31.71
BRONZE: Emily Overholt, CAN – 4:32.52
Katinka Hosszu looked great during the 400 IM and was under world record pace for a majority of the way, but she fell off World record pace slightly during the final 100 meters. She claimed the gold medal with a 4:30.39. Maya DiRado of the United States finished second, earning the silver medal with a 4:31.71, and Emily Overholt won the Bronze with a 4:32.52.
Hannah Miley and Barbora Zavadova finished fourth and fifth at 4:34 and 4:36, while Sakiko Shimizu, Aimee Wllmott, and Lara Grangeon rounded out the final.
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