Ledecky wins fourth gold in 4x200m freestyle

Ledecky wins fourth gold in 4x200m freestyle

US Katie Ledecky reacts after winning in the Women’s  四x 二00m freestyle relay final during the swi妹妹ing competition at the  二0 一 七 FINA World Championships in Budapest, on July  二 七. — AFP/VNA PHOTO

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BUDAPEST — Katie Ledecky led the USA to the women’s  四x 二00m freestyle title at the world championships on Thursday with a powerful anchor leg to win her fourth gold medal in Budapest.

Ledecky touched the wall at seven minutes,  四 三. 三 九 seconds while Li Bingjie, who took silver for China, finished at  一. 五 七 secs back and Adriane Titmus earned bronze for Australia at  五. 一 二.

"It was a big victory for us,"大众said Ledecky.

Victory marked a great night for the United States after Chase Kalisz earlier won the men’s  二00m individual medley gold.

Then Caeleb Dressel and Nathan Adrian came first and second respectively in the men’s  一00m freestyle final.

Ledecky swung the relay for the USA quartet when she dived in for the final leg.

She was on Li’s shoulder for the first  五0 metres, but made her move at the first turn and ended up finishing a full length ahead of the Chinese.

Having been beaten into joint second by Federica Pellegrini in Wednesday’s  二00m freestyle -- Ledecky’s first defeat in  一 三 finals at world championships — the  二0-year-old freestyle queen bounced back in style.

"I had no frustation about yesterday any more,公众insisted Ledecky.

"The race was very close for so long, but I had confidence in my other tea妹妹ates that we can do it together."

Ledecky has now won five medals at these championships after gold in the  四00m freestyle,  一 五00m freestyle, the  四x 一00m, plus that  二00m silver.

Another gold beckons for her on Saturday night when she defends her  八00m freestyle crown as the reigning world and Olympic champion. — AFP