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ESPN News Services
Aug 2, 2025, 10:09 AM ET
SINGAPORE -- Katie Ledecky remains the golden modular successful the 800-meter freestyle.
The American swimming prima won the 800 escaped Saturday astatine the aquatics satellite championships, tracking down 18-year aged Summer McIntosh, who was starring aft 700 meters, earlier fading and ceding the contention to Ledecky, who won successful 8:05.62 with Lani Pallister of Australia taking metallic (8:05.98) and McIntosh (8:07.29) settling for bronze.
Ledecky, who archetypal won the 800 freestyle astatine the 2012 Olympics, has not mislaid successful the subject since.
McIntosh has won 3 golden medals successful Singapore and was trying for five. She volition travel up short, though she volition beryllium the favourite successful Sunday's 400 idiosyncratic medley.
Ledecky's golden medal was 1 of 3 won by the United States connected Saturday, by acold its champion show successful what had been a lackluster championships for the team.
Gretchen Walsh earned golden by taking the 50-meter butterfly.
The United States besides acceptable the satellite grounds successful the 4x100 mixed relay connected Saturday, clocking 3 minutes, 18.48 seconds successful the aquatics satellite championships.
The aged grounds was 3:18.83 acceptable successful 2023 by Australia. It was lone the 2nd satellite grounds acceptable successful these championships.
The Americans present person 8 golden medals. The championships adjacent connected Sunday.
Information from the Associated Press was utilized successful this report.
