She certainly has nothing to complain about after winning two golds, a silver and a bronze in Rio.
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A little more than 24 hours after winning the 200-meter freestyle, Ledecky anchored the 4×200-meter free relay, helping a team that included Allison Schmitt, Leah Smith and Maya Dirado to a almost two-second win over Australia, finishing in 7:43.03. Pieter Timmers of Belgium claimed the silver in 47.80, while Adrian made it onto the medal podium – albeit with a bronze this time – in 47.85.
But Ledecky’s medal count will stop at five as she said that Friday’s competition was her last one for this year’s Olympics.
In the final leg of the relay, Ledecky came from behind to beat Australia as the USA won in 7:43.03.
‘It’s nice they can be here to see me and to come away with two silver medals is awesome.
The 19-year-old did not push too hard in the heats after anchoring the U.S.to victory in the 4x200m freestyle relay late on Wednesday, but still set an Olympic record time of eight minutes 12.86 seconds.
Tamsin Cook helped Australia win the silver with a total time of 7 minutes and 44.87 seconds.
Ledecky’s name will go down in history next to Debbie Meyer’s as the only female swimmers ever to win three individual freestyle events at one Games.
American Katie Ledecky’s stunning Rio 2016 continued with gold in a world record time in the women’s 800 metre freestyle swimming.
She also won two relay medals: A gold in the 4×200 freestyle, and a silver in the 4×100 freestyle.
There was defeat for Michael Phelps in the final of the 100m butterfly where Singapore’s Joseph Schooling claimed his country’s first Olympic gold medal.
He’s also got a chance to pull off that feat in the 100 butterfly.
Kapas lead after the second final turn before Carlin found another gear to close the gap and use her last boost off the wall to her full advantage. Anthony Ervin capped a remarkable personal journey with a gold in the 50 freestyle – 16 years after he won his first individual gold in the same event at the Sydney Games.
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That left New Zealand’s 2015 world championships silver medalist Lauren Boyle out in the cold after she finished ninth. I love seeing the way she attacks things.
