Katie Ledecky has never gone home with anything other than a gold or silver medal in the Olympics or world championships dating from the 2012 London Games.
But it might happen Sunday in the women’s 400-meter freestyle on the opening night in the pool of the World Aquatics Championships. This is perhaps the most anticipated race of the entire eight-day program.
McIntosh set the 400 world record four months ago in 3 minutes, 56.08 seconds, taking the mark from Titmus, who in turn had taken it from Ledecky.Titmus calls the 400 “my baby.” And it’s the event in Tokyo where she won her first Olympic gold medal. Ledecky’s medal haul in the 400, 800, and 1,500 in the Olympics and worlds reads like this: She’s won seven Olympic gold medals and a silver. At the worlds, 19 gold medals and a silver. There’s also four other silver medals - in the Olympics and worlds - in relays and a lone 200-meter race.
McIntosh made her Olympic debut two years ago in Japan, finishing fourth in the 400 as a 14-year-old with Titmus winning and Ledecky taking silver. Ledecky can make history in the 800, which takes place on the penultimate day. She can become the first person - male or female - to win six world titles in the same event.
That race is also on the opening night. The winner is probably not in doubt, but all eyes will be on a possible world record.
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