Katie Ledecky (USA) of USA, Sarah Sjostrom (SWE) of Sweden and Emma McKeon (AUS) of Australia pose with their medals
400 Metres Freestyle
USA’s Katie Ledecky (C) poses on the podium with silver medallist Britain’s Jazz Carlin (L) and bronze medallist USA’s Leah Smith
800 Metres Freestyle
Katie Ledecky of the United States finally succumbed to her emotions on the podium after destroying the field in the 800 meters freestyle on Friday and smashing her own world record to complete a rare Olympic swimming treble.
Ledecky led from the start and inexorably stretched out the gap over her opponents to finish in eight minutes, 4.79 seconds, beating her previous mark of 8:06.68 set in Austin, Texas in January.
Britain’s Jazz Carlin won her second silver medal in 8:16.17, and Boglarka Kapas of Hungary took the bronze.
USA's Katie Ladecky had also won-
4x200 Metres Freestyle Gold Medal
Katie Ledecky-led U.S. team struck gold in the women’s 4x200 freestyle
relay. So what else is new? Since the event became a part of the Olympic
program in 1996, the Americans have won five of the six golds.
Ledecky
anchored a squad that included Allison Schmitt, Leah Smith and Maya
DiRado to a 1.84-second victory over Australia, the only other country
to triumph in the event at the Summer Games. Canada was third. The
Americans were trailing by 89-hundredths of a second when Ledecky hit
the water. She split 1 minute 53.74 seconds, to stop the clock at
7:43.03.
4x100 Metre Freestyle Silver Medal
USA's Katie Ledecky
was enlisted to swim in her first-ever Olympic relay and swam her leg
in 52.79 seconds to lead her team, which included Simone Manuel (53.36),
Abbey Weitzeil (52.56) and Dana Vollmer (53.18) to an American record.
The United States was timed in 3 minutes 31.89 seconds, breaking the three-year-old mark by 42 hundredths of a second.
Australia, led by sisters Bronte and Cate Campbell, won and set a world record of 3:30.65.
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