Katinka Hosszu of Hungary poses with her medal during the awarding ceremony of the women's 400m individual medley at the 13th FINA World Championships in Rome, Aug. 2, 2009. Katinka Hosszu won the gold with 4:30.31. [Xinhua/Zhang Yuwei]

Hungarian Katinka Hosszu won the women's 400m individual medley gold medal in four minutes 30.31 seconds at the world swimming championships on Sunday.

Zimbabwe's Kirsty Coventry took silver in 4:32.12 and Olympic champion Stephanie Rice got bronze in 4:32.29.

(Xinhua News Agency August 3, 2009)