Katie Ledecky remains the queen of the 800 freestyle
There was no checkmate for the queen. Katie Ledecky was crowned world champion in the 800m freestyle, this time in Singapore, for the seventh time in her life. The first time she achieved this was in 2013, more than a decade ago.The American set a time of 8:05.62, a championship record, and left the great contender Summer McIntosh almost two seconds behind (8:07.29), in third place. Between them, who were supposed to be the protagonists, was Australia's Lani Pallister, with an Oceania record (8:05.98).Full video of Katie Ledecky and Ariarne Titmus Olympic swimming lane controversyThe showdown promised to be epic. Both swimmers had been able to go under 8:06.00 during this season. Ledecky even surpassed her own legendary recordof the distance, achieved at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games: then, she recorded 8:04.79; now, almost a decade later, the American clocked […]