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Hubert Kos [Source: Reuters]
Hubert Kos took Hungary’s first swimming gold of the Paris Olympics when he won the men’s 200-metre backstroke.
The 2023 world champion came from behind to touch out in one minute 54.26 seconds, 0.56 ahead of Greek silver medallist Apostolos Christou, at the La Defense Arena.
Switzerland’s Roman Mityukov the bronze.
Christou led for the first 150 metres, with Kos then slotting into second at the 150 mark before moving up a gear to power past.
Kos has been working with Michael Phelps’ former coach Bob Bowman, who is also training France’s triple gold winner Leon Marchand.
The last Greek swimmer to win an Olympic medal was Spyridon Gianniotis who finished second in the 10km open water marathon in Rio de Janeiro in 2016.
Greece has otherwise not taken a men’s medal in swimming since the Athens Games of 1896.
