American swimmer Maya Dirado celebrates after winning the gold medal in the women's 200-meter backstroke on FridayMaya DiRado touched the wall an instant ahead of Hungary’s Katinka Hosszu to pull of a surprising victory in the 200-meter backstroke Friday at the Olympic Aquatics Stadium. Hosszu, who swam for USC, had already won three gold medals at these Games. Her qualifying time in the 200 backstroke was a second and a half faster than DiRado. But the 23 year old Stanford graduate swam down Hosszu in the final 25 meters. DiRado, winner of medals in three other events during the past week, plans to retire from swimming following the Games.

Source: Los Angeles Times August 13, 2016 01:29 UTC