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BEIJING, Sept. 30 (Xinhua) -- Wearing her favorite nickname Iran Lady on the cap, Kartinka Hosszu of Hungary underlined her reputation as three-time Olympic champion by winning 3 gold, 1 silver, 2 bronze medals while China's Zhu Menghui broke the world junior record in women's 50 meters freestyle on the first day of FINA Swimming World Cup 2016-Beijing here on Friday.
Hosszu, front leader of the World Cup after the first three legs, started her gold medal haul with 200m freestyle victory in one minute 53.89 seconds. She then won 50m backstroke in 26.68 and 200 individual medley in 2:07.37.
It was Daryna Zevina of Ukraine who stopped Hosszu's golden run by claiming the gold in 200m backstroke in 2:01.61. Hosszu was second in 2:04.68 and Xu Huiyi of China third in 2:06.42.
Jeanette Ottensen of Denmark topped the 100m butterfly in 56.37, ahead of Lu Ying of China 56.48 and Hosszu 56.67.
In the women's 800m freestyle, Hou Yawen of China won the title in 8:16.81, beating Li Bingjie 8:19.34 and Hosszu 8:25.62.
"I feel the love in Beijing as the local fans cheered for me. The fans here are amazing. I compete 14 events altogether in Beijing and today I have 7 and I got six medals. My goal is to challenge my limit and myself," Hosszu smiled.
Seventeen-year-old Zhu Menghui of China broke the world junior record in the women's 50m freestyle and tied the champion with Jeanette Ottensen of Denmark at 24.00.
"I did not train enough after the Olympic Games. I did not expect I could swim that fast. Maybe it is because of the short course made me more excited," Zhu said.
Olympic silver medalist Xu Jiayu continued his good form by snatching the title of the 100m backstroke, his favorite event, in 50.22, beating Pavel Sankovich of Belarus 50.26 and Bobby Hurley of Australia 50.40.
"I did not expect to win the title and the result was OK for me," said Xu, who also anchored the winning team for China in the mixed 4x50m medley relay in 1:40.12, together with Shi Jinglin, Lu Ying and Yu Hexin.
Vladimir Morozov of Russia clinched two titles in men's 100m freestyle in 45.99 and 100m individual medley in 51.06. He also finished a silver medal in 50m breaststroke 26.77 behind Felipe Lima of Brazil 26.10.
Chad Le Clos of South Africa prevailed in the men's 200m butterfly in 1:49.82. Daiya Seto of Japan came second in 1:52.59 and Phillip Neintz of Germany third in 1:52.88. Clos also was the fastest in the 50m butterfly in 22.14.
Alia Atkinson of Jamaica won the women's 100m breaststroke in 1:03.42, beating Katie Meili of USA 1:04.00 and Rie Kaneto of Japan 1:04.49.
In other events, Myles Brown topped the men's 400m freestyle in 3:40.38; Marco Koch of Germany stormed home first in men's 200m breaststroke in 2:03.21; Seto Daiya of Japan dominated the men's 400m individual medley in 4:04.26.
The two-day World Cup in Beijing attracted about 110 swimmers from 22 countries and regions.
