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

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

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

Katie Ledecky remains the gold standard in the 800-meter freestyle, winning a gold medal at the swimming world championships ...

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

Katie Ledecky continued her dominance in the 800m freestyle event at the world championships on Saturday by winning her ...

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

Katie Ledecky remains unbeaten in the 800 freestyle, while the Americans set a world relay record and piled up three gold ...

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 ...

Katie Ledecky stubbornly refused to give up her 800-meter freestyle crown Saturday at the world championships in Singapore, ...