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American Maya DiRado wins gold with shocking upset over 'Iron Lady'

Related Topics: Backstroke, Gold medal

The best come-from-behind win in the pool at the Rio Olympics happened with the first medal event on Friday night.

American Maya DiRado pulled off an absolute stunner in the 200-meter backstroke by churning her way to a gold medal and defeating a legend -- Hungary's Katinka Hosszu, who won three golds earlier this week -- en route to an Olympic-record swim of 2:05.99. Hosszu touched in 2:06.05, while bronze went to Canada's Hilary Caldwell (2:07.54).

Yes, just 0.06 was the difference to stepping on the top of the podium. The 200 backstroke was considered DiRado's weakest discipline.