Olympics-Swimming-Hungary's Kos wins men's 200m backstroke gold

Paris 2024 Olympics - Swimming - Men's 200m Backstroke Final - Paris La Defense Arena, Nanterre, France - August 01, 2024. Hubert Kos of Hungary celebrates after winning gold. REUTERS/Clodagh Kilcoyne

PARIS (Reuters) - Hubert Kos took Hungary's first swimming gold of the Paris Olympics when he won the men's 200 metres backstroke on Thursday.

Greece's Apostolos Christou took the silver and Switzerland's Roman Mityukov the bronze.