Hosszú, winner of three Olympic gold medals at Rio 2016, had triumphed in four races yesterday but managed to improve on that display to conclude the event in style.

The 27-year-old demonstrated exactly why she is nicknamed the "Iron Lady" as she powered to victory in the 100 metres backstroke in 56.56sec to finish ahead of Daryna Zevina of the Ukraine and China's Cheng Haihua.

She then beat team-mate Zsuzsanna Jakabos to win the 200m butterfly in 2min 05.62sec, with Madeline Groves of Australia coming through to take the bronze medal.

Hosszú went on to make history as the first woman to top the podium in five consecutive FINA Swimming World Cup 400m freestyle, touching the wall in 4:03.14 to pick up her third gold medal on day two.

Fang Yi of China and Ukraine's Zevina claimed the silver and bronze medals respectively.

A time of 58.09 was enough for Hosszú to seal gold in the 100m individual medley as she finished in front of Jamaica's Alia Atkinson and Jakabos, who ended the event with four silver medals and a bronze.

The five-star showing from the Hungarian was complete when she won the 400m individual medley in 4:33.84, proving too strong for Jakabos and China's Zhang Jiaqi.

South Africa's Chad le Clos, the most successful male World Cup swimmer this season, added another medal to his personal haul as he earned gold in the men's 100m butterfly, beating Takeshi Kawamoto of Japan and Pavel Sankovich of Belarus, clocking 49.14.

The four-time Olympic medallist had to settle for silver in the 50m freestyle, however, as he was beaten by Russia's Vladimir Morozov, who stopped the clock at 20.88.

Britain's Benjamin Proud claimed the bronze medal.

The win over Le Clos was Morozov's second triumph on the final day in Dubai as he had earlier clinched gold in the 100m breaststroke in 56.52.

Felipe Lima of Brazil and Japan’s Dayia Seto won the silver and bronze medals respectively.