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As for the follow-up, the woman that came the closest to Ledecky in Rio, Great Britain&#8217;s\u00a0<strong>Jazmin Carlin<\/strong>, has already pulled out of\u00a0Worlds.<\/p>\n<p>It would be a shocker if anyone got much closer this summer in Budapest. Ledecky, who owns 11 of the 12 fastest 400 freestyle performances in history, has continued her record-setting ways during her freshman year at Stanford, so one has to assume that once again, the world record will be in danger in this race.<\/p>\n<p>Read below to see what\u00a0<em>Swimming World&#8217;s\u00a0<\/em>trio of experts think will happen in\u00a0Budapest.\u00a0<strong>David Rieder<\/strong>,\u00a0<strong>John Lohn<\/strong>\u00a0and\u00a0<strong>Andy Ross<\/strong>\u00a0will each offer their predictions for\u00a0who will finish on the podium.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Women&#8217;s 400 Free<\/strong><\/h2>\n<h3><strong>Current Records:<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><strong>World Record:<\/strong>\u00a0Katie Ledecky, USA (2016) &#8212; 3:56.46<br \/>\n<strong>Championship Record:<\/strong>\u00a0Katie Ledecky, USA (2015) &#8212; 3:59.13<br \/>\n<strong> American Record:<\/strong> Katie Ledecky (2016) &#8212; 3:56.46<\/p>\n<p><strong>2015 World Champion:<\/strong> Katie Ledecky, USA &#8212; 3:59.13<br \/>\n<strong>2016 Olympic Gold Medalist:<\/strong> Katie Ledecky, USA &#8212; 3:56.46<br \/>\n<strong>2017 World No. 1:<\/strong>\u00a0Katie Ledecky, USA &#8212; 3:58.44<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Swimming World Predictions<\/strong><\/h2>\n<h3>David Rieder&#8217;s Picks:<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Gold:<\/strong>\u00a0Katie Ledecky, USA<br \/>\n<strong>Silver<\/strong><strong>:<\/strong>\u00a0Leah Smith, USA<br \/>\n<strong>Bronze:\u00a0<\/strong>Li Bingjie, CHN<\/p>\n<h3>John Lohn&#8217;s Picks:<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Gold:<\/strong>\u00a0Katie Ledecky, USA<br \/>\n<strong>Silver<\/strong><strong>:<\/strong>\u00a0Leah Smith, USA<br \/>\n<strong>Bronze:<\/strong>\u00a0Boglarka Kapas, HUN<\/p>\n<h3>Andy Ross&#8217; Picks:<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Gold:<\/strong>\u00a0Katie Ledecky, USA<br \/>\n<strong>Silver<\/strong><strong>:<\/strong>\u00a0Leah Smith, USA<br \/>\n<strong>Bronze:<\/strong>\u00a0Boglarka Kapas, HUN<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Previous Events<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/fina-world-championships-predictions-mens-400-free\/\" target=\"_blank\">Men&#8217;s 400 Free<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Katie Ledecky\u00a0has been pretty good at the 400 free in recent years. 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