Katie Ledecky's sustained brilliance and a late gold-rush by her female teammates added gloss to an underwhelming campaign ...

Katie Ledecky's sustained brilliance and a late gold-rush by her female teammates added gloss to an underwhelming campaign ...

Katie Ledecky has dominated the women's 800-meter freestyle for more than a decade, winning gold in the event in four ...

The Americans set a world relay record and piled up three gold medals Saturday in what's been an otherwise frustrating ...

American Katie Ledecky continued domination of the women's 800 meters freestyle with a brilliant swim to win gold.

Australian Kaylee McKeown and American Regan Smith went one-two in the 200m backstroke, just as they did in all three ...

Katie Ledecky showed she is still the gold standard in the 800 metres freestyle after ending Summer McIntosh's bid for five ...

Ledecky won with a time of 8:05.62, both a world championships record and the fourth fastest time in the history of the 800m ...

Ledecky held off Lani Pallister and Summer McIntosh in a tight race Saturday to win gold and extend her reign in the ...

After swimming her fastest-time ever in an 800m free at worlds, Katie Ledecky said she's "ecstatic" to cap a "great season" ...

In other events, Gretchen Walsh became the first American woman to win gold at the world championships in the 50m butterfly.