Katinka Hosszu added the 200m butterfly bronze to her 200 individual medley title in front of a raucous home crowd at the World Championships in Budapest.
While the Hungarian fans were urging Katinka home to another medal, Emily Seebohm of Australia came fourth in the 50m backstroke in a new Oceania record and Sarah Sjostrom of Sweden was fastest through in to the 100m freestyle final, days after she set a new world record over two lengths.
Katinka won the 200m individual medley on the first night at the Duna Arena and on Thursday she was back for the gruelling 200 fly.
The 28-year-old was in the lead at halfway but was overhauled on the second half of the race, finishing in third in 2mins 06.02secs, eight years after her first World Championship medals in Rome in 2009.
Katinka, who returned soon after to anchor the Hungarian 4x200m freestyle squad to sixth, was thrilled with her performance.
She said: “I’m absolutely satisfied with the bronze medal. It was a really good competition. The time was encouraging. It was an unbelievable feeling to swim a final in front of such an audience.”
Emily was just touched out in the 50m backstroke although she set a new Oceania mark of 27.37 a day after she signalled a return to the form that saw her win…
