Maya DiRado won her first individual gold medal of the Rio Olympics on Friday night, upsetting heavy favorite Katinka Hosszu of Hungary in the 200m backstroke.
DiRado, making her Olympic debut in Rio with Team USA, won a bronze and a silver medal behind Hosszu earlier this week in each of the individual medleys.
DiRado raced to two minutes, 5.99 seconds, out-touching Hosszu by 0.06 seconds, tracking her down over the final lap and thrusting to the line a fingertip ahead. Hosszu, known as the "Iron Lady," added the only silver to her collection of three Rio gold medals.
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Canada’s Hilary Caldwell took the bronze with a time of 2:07.54 seconds.
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