Katie Ledecky remains the gold standard in the 800-meter freestyle, winning a gold medal Saturday at the swimming world championships in Singapore in a time of 8:05.62.
Katie Ledecky remains the gold standard in the 800-meter freestyle.
The American swimming star won the 800 free Saturday at the swimming world championships, tracking down Summer McIntosh. The 18-year-old Canadian star was leading after 700 meters before fading and ceding the race to Ledecky, who won in 8:05.62, with Lani Pallister of Australia taking silver (8:05.98) and McIntosh (8:07.29) settling for bronze.
Ledecky said she was not aware she was trailing. She glanced down at at a race-results sheet to confirm it.
«I didn’t know», she said.
