Commentator credits coach, not female athlete, with Olympic win

Katinka Hosszu won the 200-meter individual medley Tuesday to complete a sweep of the IMs.

“After the backstroke, Hosszu avoided making eye contact with Tusup, who upbraided her while swimmers from other teams stared”.

Seebohm was considered one of the big names for this event. Let Hosszu have her time in the spotlight for setting a new all-time swimming record.

The awesome female swimmer’s time of 58.45 seconds was three tenths of a second ahead of Team USA’s Kathleen Baker, making her first Olympic appearance and winning the silver medal.

She added that his behaviour went beyond that of other coaches, saying “this is another level”. Live swimming is great, but semifinal races should be optional.

Whatever this man’s responsible for, it isn’t anything good.

Hosszu is coached by Shane Tusup, 28, whom she met when both were swimming at the University of Southern California.

Banned for a positive doping test two years ago, Sun has been at the centre of controversy in Brazil after finishing second to the outspoken Mack Horton in the 400m freestyle.

Nicknamed “The Iron Lady”, Hosszu had considered quitting after a disappointing London 2012, admitting to suffering depression. That was true this year, too, as some of the U.S.’ most high-profile stars had primetime slots: Swimmers like Katie Ledecky and Michael Phelps won gold while gymnast Simone Biles dazzled viewers in gymnastics.

‘It can be very, very harsh, ‘ Hicks said on Saturday’s broadcast, referring to Tusup’s coaching style. Said landed awkwardly after doing two backward flips. “So that’s just something that definitely excites me”.

Australian teenager Kyle Chalmers was fastest in the 100m heats – his time of 47.90 was the third fastest this year – with American Caeleb Dressel second in 47.91 and Britain’s Scott Duncan third in 48.01.

It’s the first time this fast and furious version of the game has featured at the Olympics, and before Rio got underway the Down Under rivals were expected to be in the hunt for bragging rights.

She was sixth at the halfway mark before responding in the final 50 to hold off American Kathleen Baker by 0.30 seconds.

Jessica Hardy, an Olympic medallist who used to train with Hosszu, wrote about being subjected to verbal and emotional abuse as a child, and said: “I’ve seen a lot of inappropriate and not-okay behaviour in Shane”.

Led by Brittney Griner, the Americans are aiming for their sixth straight gold in Rio – an era of domination exceeded only by the US men’s team from 1936 to 1968. She told CNN she wants to defeat stereotypes. Women have competed in the Olympics since 1900. Only Naber has won four golds in one Olympics in USC history.