Olympics | Hungary's Kos wins men's 200m backstroke gold at Paris Games


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  • Friday, 02 Aug 2024

PARIS, Aug. 1 (Xinhua) -- Swimmer Hubert Kos clinched Hungary's first gold medal at the Paris Olympics by winning the men's 200m backstroke final here on Thursday.

Kos touched the wall in one minute, 54.26 seconds, almost a second ahead of Greece's Apostolos Christou, who took silver.

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