It’s Katie Ledecky of the United States against Summer McIntosh of Canada in the final of the 800-meter freestyle, probably ...

Ledecky won with a time of 8:05.62, both a world championships record and the fourth fastest time in the history of the 800m ...

In other events, Gretchen Walsh became the first American woman to win gold at the world championships in the 50m butterfly.

American star Katie Ledecky won her seventh world title in the women’s 800-meter freestyle on Saturday, fending off the ...

American great Katie Ledecky beat Summer McIntosh to win a thrilling 800m freestyle title on Saturday and said her rule for ...

Australian Kaylee McKeown and American Regan Smith went one-two in the 200m backstroke, just as they did in all three ...

Katie Ledecky showed it will take a monumental effort to pry the 800 metres freestyle title from her grip after the American ...

Summer McIntosh and Katie Ledecky set up a showdown for the ages at swimming's world championships in Singapore when both ...

American Katie Ledecky continued her domination of the women's 800 meters freestyle with a brilliant swim to win gold at the ...

Canadian swimming phenom Summer McIntosh was unable to beat American star Katie Ledecky in the women's 800-metre freestyle at ...

Ledecky triumphs for a seventh time in a championship record of 8min 05.62sec at the WCH Arena. Read more at straitstimes.com ...

McIntosh is relatively new to the 800m freestyle but she threatened Ledecky's world record at the Canadian trials in June.