Katie Ledecky of the United States eased to her 20th gold medal overall at the World Aquatics Championships, powering to a fifth women's 1,500 metres freestyle title after Matthew Richards led a British one-two in the men's 200m freestyle on Tuesday.
Seven-times Olympic champion Ledecky went into the race as the firm favourite going over 13 seconds quicker than Italy's Simona Quadarella - the next best - in the heats and was under her world record time after a blistering start to the final.
Richards finished strongly to win gold ahead of compatriot Tom Dean in his freestyle event with a time of 1:44.30, while David Popovici was left stunned having been tipped to dominate the event heading into next year's Paris Olympics."I knew going into the race it was one of the most stacked 200 freestyle fields for a long time. It was amazing to come away with a one-two for Britain.
She charged to victory in the event in 57.53 seconds to edge out 2022 world champion Regan Smith of the United States by 0.25 seconds and Katharine Berkoff by 0.72 seconds. It was the fifth gold medal for Australia at the meet. "If you're not learning you're not growing. I had to find a positive in a negative and that's what I did, I channelled it."the men's 50m butterfly title on Monday as American Ryan Murphy snatched his 100m backstroke crown to raise the roof off the Marine Messe Fukuoka Hall.
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