Katie Ledecky Wins Seventh Consecutive World Title In 800 Freestyle

Katie Ledecky stubbornly refused to springiness up her 800-meter freestyle crown Saturday astatine nan world championships successful Singapore, winning that title for a seventh consecutive clip and fending disconnected Canada's Summer McIntosh who led a section of talented young, would-be usurpers.

When nan Maryland autochthonal triumphantly touched nan wall first, she earned her seventh consecutive 800 free title successful world meets making love backmost to 2013.

The niece of New York Islanders co-owner Jon Ledecky has besides been dominating nan 800 free astatine nan Olympics, having won gold successful this title astatine nan 2012 games in London, 2016 successful Rio, 2021 successful Tokyo and past summertime adjacent Paris.

She’s nan only female to triumph nan aforesaid individual arena astatine 4 Olympics, successful immoderate sport. The only different swimmer to propulsion disconnected specified a four-peat was American fable Michael Phelps, who took nan 200 individual medley successful 2004, 2008, 2012 and 2016.

At property 28, Ledecky was nan field's oldest swimmer and she outdueled her youngest and astir fierce competitor, nan 18-year-old Toronto autochthonal McIntosh.

Ledecky’s aerial of 800 invincibility was dented past twelvemonth erstwhile a 17-year-old McIntosh beat nan American at nan Southern Zone South Sectional Championships successful Orlando, Florida, connected Feb. 8.

The Canadian prodigy opted against swimming successful nan 800 successful France to ore connected different events. She took golden successful nan 200 butterfly, 200 Individual Medley and 400 Individual Medley to go 1 of the breakout stars of past summer.

If McIntosh takes connected nan 800 free successful Los Angeles, Saturday’s title was a tantalizing preview of what could beryllium successful shop for 2028.

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