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Hannah Miley missed out on Team GB ‘s first medal of the Olympic Games as Hungary’s Katinka Hosszu smashed the 400m individual medley world record. Her time shaved more than two seconds off the previous best set by China’s Shiwen Ye during the 2012 London Games.

Hosszu had time to turn toward the scoreboard and savor her triumph before Stanford’s Maya DiRado of the United States touched in 4:31.15 to take the silver medal.

Hosszu, known as the “Iron Lady” for her gruelling schedule, had captured nine medals – including five golds – at the world championships but never won an Olympic medal.

Hosszu’s win – a second gold for Hungary – pushed the country to the top of the medal table. However, if Adam Peaty set up a new record in the men’s 100m breaststroke during the qualification race, two other records were broken in the finals.

Japan’s Kosuke Hagino also claimed gold and the first swimming title of the Games in the men’s 400m individual medley.

The 22-year-old University of Georgia Bulldog moved into second place during the breaststroke in the men’s 400-meter individual medley and nearly caught Kosuke Hagino of Japan.

“It’s just insane that I’ve been able to swim two seconds faster than anyone ever, ever did”.

Wu trailed by as many as 2.3 points, but moved 0.2 ahead of Hoang with a 10.2 on his penultimate shot.

She added: “I’ve seen coaches exhibit that kind of behavior in training, but this is another level”. She finished 27th, swimming a whopping 17.28 seconds slower than her winning time four years ago. “It’s just insane”, – Hosszu said of her incredible swim.

“I don’t know if it’s a rivalry specifically but more about athletes who have tested positive in the sport”, – Horton said of Sun Yang, who finished second to him. She was also under world record pace up until the 300. The Aussies were a 3:30.65 to win by over a second, smash their own record, and take down the Americans.