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And while those performances were all worthy of attention in their own right, <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/katie-ledecky-powers-way-to-200-free-pool-record-at-2015-arena-pro-swim-series-minneapolis\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">it was her 200 freestyle that stood out among the rest<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Stepping up against fellow superstars <\/span><b>Missy Franklin <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and <\/span><b>Allison Schmitt, <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Ledecky<\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">posted a final time of 1:55.37 to take the title from her fellow American teammates and break Schmitt\u2019s pool record of 1:55.82 from 2011. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">While the time itself is clearly impressive (it is just off her personal best 1:55.16 from her World Championship win this summer), what is more significant is how fast that time is given how early we are in the year. While Ledecky has been known to throw down world leading (and on occasion world record) performances in the distance events throughout the year, this 200 time should serve as a warning across the swimming world that Katie Ledecky is planning to repeat her dominant 200-400-800 title sweep from World Championships in Rio and be a central fixture of the U.S. 800 free relay. <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/video-interview-katie-ledeckys-shorter-events-are-better-than-her-distance-right-now\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Admitting that she is in the midst of heavy training right now<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> as she returns to racing, it will be interesting to see how her performance in this event continues to evolve as we move into 2016 toward trials. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Congratulations, Katie Ledecky, on earning the Swimming World Performance of the 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