Tokyo 2020 Olympics - Swimming - Women's 400m Individual Medley - Medal Ceremony - Tokyo Aquatics Centre - Tokyo, Japan - July 25, 2021. Gold medalist Yui Ohashi of Japan poses on the podium REUTERS/Kai Pfaffenbach
TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's Yui Ohashi dominated the women’s 400m medley on Sunday, with the 25-year-old winning gold and beating off competitors including world-record holder Hungary's Katinka Hosszu who has presided over the event for the past eight years.
Ohashi accelerated her lead in the breastroke leg, giving her an extra edge to beat Americans Emma Weyant, who took the silver medal, and Hali Flickinger, who picked up the bronze.
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