Rio Olympic 2016 - Maya DiRado Grabs Gold Medal, Exiting the Sport, Catches Katinka Hosszu
Rio Olympic 2016 - Maya DiRado Grabs Gold Medal, Exiting the Sport, Catches Katinka Hosszu
Maya DiRado saved her best race for last, winning the 200-meter backstroke in her final race before retiring to start a job with a management consulting firm in Atlanta.
DiRado trailed Hungary’s Katinka Hosszu for the first 150 meters. Swimming next to Hosszu in the third lane, DiRado caught Hosszu with less than 25 meters left and out-touched her by six-hundredths of a second. DiRado, 23, was timed in 2 minutes 5.9