Singapore, Aug 2, 2025 (AFP) - Imperious Ledecky beats McIntosh to win 800m free thriller

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2025-08-02

American great Katie Ledecky beat Summer McIntosh to win a thrilling 800m freestyle title on Saturday and said her rule for the event is simple -- "I don't lose 800s". Ledecky won her seventh career gold in the event but she was challenged all the way, touching the wall in a championship-record 8min 05.62sec -- a fingertip ahead of Australia's Lani Pallister (8:05.98) and McIntosh (8:07.29). The race was billed as a potential changing of the guar......

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