LONDON: American Katie Ledecky continued her domination of the women’s 800 meters freestyle with a brilliant swim to win gold at the world championships in Singapore on Saturday and deny Summer McIntosh the chance to win five individual titles.
It was Ledecky’s seventh gold medal in the event at the world championships and 23rd world title overall, the 28-year-old edging out Australian Lani Pallister and McIntosh with a time of eight minutes and 05:62 seconds.
Pallister pushed hard all the way and took a remarkable silver in 8:05.98, while Canadian McIntosh was third in 8:07.29.
“That’s pretty incredible, three of us going under 8:10 … incredibly fast. They pushed me all the way,” Ledecky said.
The defeat ended McIntosh’s bid to match Michael Phelps’s record of five individual titles at a single world championship.–REUTERS
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