Hungarian Katinka Hosszu delivered the gold-medal performance a raucous Budapest crowd hoped for at the world swimming championships.
Canadian Sydney Pickrem appeared to get out of the pool after 50 meters.
Hosszu won her third straight world title in the 200m individual medley, clocking 2:07.00 at the Danube Arena. The Olympic champion and world-record holder was followed by Japan’s Yui Ohashi (2:07.91) and American Madisyn Cox (2:09.71).
Hosszu was the overwhelming favorite, given she held the three fastest times in the world this year going into Monday’s final.