{"id":252037,"date":"2017-04-15T18:18:50","date_gmt":"2017-04-16T01:18:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/?p=252037"},"modified":"2017-04-15T18:18:50","modified_gmt":"2017-04-16T01:18:50","slug":"katie-ledecky-posts-world-leading-800-free-at-mesa-pro-series","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/katie-ledecky-posts-world-leading-800-free-at-mesa-pro-series\/","title":{"rendered":"Katie Ledecky Posts World-Leading 800 Free at Mesa Pro Series"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>Women&#8217;s 800 Free<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Katie Ledecky<\/strong> continued to reign over the distance events with a top showing in the 800 free. Ledecky, the Olympic gold medalist in this event, posted a sizzling 8:15.44 to blast up world rankings for 2017. 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