AND the Olympic gold medal for the most bonkers performance by a coach or husband (in this case both) goes to Hungarian swimmer Katinka Hosszu’s other half Shane Tusup.
Hosszu won the 200m individual medley in Rio on Wednesday morning — her third gold so far in Rio.
The win came from a typically dominant performance from the 27-year-old – but she was somewhat overshadowed by her hubby, who was going berserk on the poolside.
It’s almost impossible to take your eyes off him as he rants, raves, punches the air — and then himself.
He also cups his hands and hollers instructions – which given that his wife’s head is often under water and there are 10,000 other people screaming at the same time probably didn’t do much good.
At one point he jumps up and down and runs like a mad man up and down the side of the pool.
And when she wins he makes high-pitched whooping noises and spins around, thumping his chest.
There have been some whispers in swimming circles that Tusup — an American who met his wife when they were both students at the University of Southern California — goes a little too far with his coaching methods.
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A former training partner of Hosszu said that she had seen tough love, but ‘this is another level — it’s scary’.
However Hosszu has no complaints. She claimed she knows the difference between Shane the coach and Shane the husband and besides, no matter how hard he pushes her, she can take it.
After all, her nickname is Iron Lady – check out the tattoo on the inside of Shane’s left bicep.
And while his topknot, three day growth and cargo pants that can’t seem to stay up might not be what the swimming world is used to, there’s no question that his methods are working.
With her wins in the 200m and 400m individual medleys and 200m backstroke, Hosszu has become the first female swimmer since Inge de Bruin at Sydney 2000 to win three gold medals at a single Olympics.
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