Hosszu, whose home city of Budapest hosts the World Aquatics Championship next month, spoke up after the international swimming body Fina recently introduced new restrictions to the annual World Cup pro series.
One of the sport's biggest stars, Hosszu has honed her brand for years and cashed in on the pro circuit, raking in dozens of golds and prize money north of $300 000 in each of the past three seasons, while also collecting Olympic and World titles.
Her dominance has been so strong that swimming insiders saw the rule changes - limiting the number of events each athlete can enter and mixing up events from contest to contest - as directed at her specifically.
