When she saw the two digits 56 she said she felt nothing but pure happiness.
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Then, it was Ledecky’s turn on the anchor leg.
She blew everyone else away. “She has a lot more in her career”. Australia took silver, and Canada secured the bronze medal. Anton Chupkov of Russian Federation took the bronze finishing in 2:07.70.
In what she called the hardest swim of the week, Ledecky swam a preliminary time of 1 minute, 55.01 seconds but improved her time with a 1:54.81 night swim.
Brazil’s Thiago Perreira was third quickest in 1:57.11.
Phelps and Le Clos meet again in another latest instalment of their duel when they compete in the 100m butterfly later this week.
She won a gold medal in the 800-meter freestyle at the 2012 Olympics, and has now won two gold medals at the 2016 Olympics for the 400-meter and 200-meter freestyles respectively. He was 0.68 seconds behind top qualifier Kyle Chalmers of Australia, who was timed in 47.90.
Japan’s Natsumi Hoshi claimed the bronze, beating out Cammile Adams of the United States. “He’s 18 years old and he’s an Olympic champion, ” McEvoy said of Chalmers.
The four-time gold medalist will look to defend his 100-meter freestyle title in the pool, beginning with afternoon qualifying followed by the semifinals at night.
Pandelela Rinong Pamg and Cheong Jun Hoong of Malaysia won silver with 344.34 points while Canadians Meaghan Benfeito and Roseline Filion placed bronze with 336.18 points.
The women’s 200-meter freestyle begins at 12:02 p.m.in Rio de Janeiro.
On Wednesday night, Japanese gymnast Kohei Uchimura won the men’s individual all around gold medal, adding to an wonderful record that includes three world championship titles and gold at the 2012 London Olympics. “It was only a matter of how fast she was going to go”.
With the win, Phelps tied the record of the most individual Olympic titles set by Leonidas of Rhodes.
After Ledecky captured the gold medal in the 200-meter freestyle, ESPN sports business reporter Darren Rovell tweeted out a photo of Ledecky at 9 years old getting an autograph from Phelps. Now, they’re competitors seeking the same prize.
By the time Ledecky got in the pool for her leg, the Americans were.89 behind the Aussies.
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The other men’s medal event on the day was the 200 meter breaststroke. But Balandin was right with him on the outside, and Koseki couldn’t keep up the pace. After 200 meters, it was by 2.87 seconds.
