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Katie Ledecky<\/strong> led the women’s 800-meter free in prelims posting a final time of 8:19.42 to claim the first-place seed coming back for finals. While she was 8.21 seconds off her world best of 8:11.21 for 2015 there is hardly a doubt that Ledecky will return to finals determined to hit the 8:11 mark.<\/p>\n Australia’s\u00a0Jessica Ashwood<\/strong> claimed the second-place seed with a time of 8:22.17, only slightly behind her 2015 world best time of 8:21.33 from the NSW State Championships.<\/p>\n Denmark’s\u00a0Lotte Friis<\/strong> improved upon her world best time of 8:25.07, turning in a time of 8:23.12 to situate herself in the middle of the pool with Ledecky and Ashwood for finals.<\/p>\n New Zealand’s\u00a0Lauren Boyle<\/strong>\u00a0finished close behind Friis, posting an 8:23.66. Boyle will look to improve upon her world best time of 8:23.57 in finals.<\/p>\n Jaz Carlin<\/strong> of Great Britain posted a time of 8:23.83 for the fifth place seed. Carlin will need to improve upon her prelims time to maintain her spot as third in the world rankings (8:21.58) while also trying to bypass Friis and Boyle.<\/p>\n Sharon van Rouwendaal<\/b> turned in a final time of 8:24.83 to improve upon her world ranking of 8:26.18 from the Romanian Nationals. Rouwendaal’s new time moves her up to eighth in the rankings while also earning her the sixth-place seed for finals.<\/p>\n Germany’s\u00a0Sarah Kohler<\/strong> grabbed the seventh-place seed with a finishing time of 8:26.16, shaving .07 seconds off her 2015 world best of 8:28.23.<\/p>\n Boglarka Kapas<\/strong> of Hungary claimed the final spot with a time of 8:26.96, just slightly off her world best of 8:23.71 which she set earlier this year at the Trofeu Sette Colli in Rome.<\/p>\n SCHEDULED EVENTS<\/strong><\/p>\n Men’s 50 Free<\/p>\n Women’s 50 Fly<\/p>\n Men’s 100 Fly<\/p>\n Women’s 200 Back<\/p>\n Men’s 4×200 Free Relay<\/p>\n Women’s 800 Free<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Katie Ledecky led the women’s 800-meter free in prelims posting a final time of 8:19.42 to claim the first-place seed coming back for finals. While she was 8.21 seconds<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":56,"featured_media":148317,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"dois","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[3],"tags":[51878,31107,25031,27457,25029,36255,27568],"class_list":["post-148747","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-featured","tag-2015-fina-world-championships","tag-jessica-ashwood","tag-katie-ledecky","tag-lauren-boyle","tag-lotte-friis","tag-sarah-kohler","tag-sharon-van-rouwendaal"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"yoast_head":"\r\n