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Saturday in Rio: Olympic Coverage from Day 1


Written By Sam Manchester, Victor Mather, and Karen Crouse at New York Times.com

Katinka Hosszu and Australians Dominate in the Pool

The only gap in Katinka Hosszu’s swimming résumé was an Olympic medal, but she rectified that in resplendent fashion on Saturday night, winning the 400-meter individual medley in 4 minutes 26.36 seconds at the Olympic Aquatics Stadium. The time broke the world record of 4:28.43 set at the London Games by China’s Ye Shiwen.

Hosszu’s best finish in six individual events contested over three previous Olympics was a fourth in the 400 I.M. in 2012. Ye finished 27th in the heats in defense of her title in 4:45.86.
Hosszu of Hungary is known for having a contentious and intense relationship with her coach and husband, Shane Tusup.

First Relay to Australia: Australia won the women’s 4×100-meter relay in a world record time of 3:30.65.

The American team had the lead after two legs, but swimming third, Bronte Campbell cruised past Dana Vollmer to give her sister, Cate, the lead.

The American team had Katie Ledecky on anchor, but she is better at longer distances, and could not pass the 100-meter freestyle favorite, Campbell. Despite their freestyle sprint excellence over the years, the Americans have not won this race since 2000.

Horton Beats Sun:

Mack Horton of Australia defeated the defending champion, Sun Yang, in the men’s 400-meter freestyle.

The two rivals started slowly and were only 6th and 7th after 150 meters behind Britain’s James Guy, who raced to the lead in world record pace. But the favorites moved methodically up to the lead, blowing past the fading Guy. Horton always led Sun and won in 3:41.55. Gabriele Detti of Italy was third, and the American Conor Dwyer, who had the fastest qualifying time, was fourth.
Sun and Horton had developed a sharp rivalry this week. Sun splashed and taunted Horton in the practice pool, and Horton responded by calling Yang a “drug cheat.” Sun served a three-month doping suspension in 2014.
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