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AS TENS OF thousands in the crowd cheered her on, the bright lights of Lucas Oil Stadium shone into a pool that had taken over a football field in Indianapolis. Katie Ledecky touched the wall in first place, looked up at the screen where the results were displayed, and shook her head.
MELBOURNE :Australian four-time Olympic gold medallist Ariarne Titmus has announced her retirement from competitive swimming at the age of 25, ending a stellar career that featured one of the sport's great rivalries with American Katie Ledecky.
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Click on the video player above to watch live coverage of the last finals session at the World Aquatics Championships in Singapore.
Katie Ledecky showed she is still the gold standard in the 800m freestyle after ending Summer McIntosh's bid for five individual titles while fending off Australian surprise package Lani Pallister at the World Aquatics Championships on Saturday (Aug 2).
Katie Ledecky remains the gold standard in the 800-meter freestyle.
SINGAPORE: United States great Katie Ledecky beat Summer McIntosh to win a thrilling 800m freestyle world title in Singapore on Saturday. Ledecky touched the wall in a championship-record 8min 05.62sec, ahead of Australia’s Lani Pallister (8:05.98) and Canada’s McIntosh (8:07.29).
Click on the video player above to watch live coverage of Monday's finals session at the World Aquatics Championships in Singapore.
SINGAPORE: The gold medals were spread around on Friday at the swimming world championships, thanks to the absence of stars Léon Marchand of France and Canadian Summer McIntosh from any finals on Day 6 in Singapore. Marchand, who has already broken the world record in the 200-meter individual medley, will try to break his own 400 IM record on Sunday, the final day. McIntosh has won three individual gold medals already and will chase two more on Saturday and Sunday as she tries for five individual golds. Only Michael Phelps has managed that at the worlds. The biggest race of the championships might be Saturday’s 800-meter freestyle with McIntosh and American Katie Ledecky – the world-record holder – the favorites. The Netherlands, China, Hungary and the United States picked up individual golds Friday as the meet continues to spread them around.