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Rio Olympics 2016: Hungary's Katinka Hosszu crushes world record in 400 IM

The Iron Lady now has an Olympic gold medal to her name after an unbelievable performance in the 400-meter individual medley.

After swimming the second-fastest time ever in the event during Saturday's preliminary heats, Hungarian swimmer Katinka Hosszu destroyed the world record in finals en route to her first Olympic medal.

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Hosszu went wire-to-wire for the win, splitting 3.34 seconds under the record pace at the halfway mark and 5.25 seconds under entering the final freestyle leg. Hosszu finished with a time of 4 minutes, 26.