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China&#8217;s <strong>Li Bingjie<\/strong> (8:15.46) broke the Asian Record for the silver medal as the fifteen-year-old picks up her second medal of the meet after getting bronze in the 400. American <strong>Leah Smith<\/strong> picked up the bronze with an 8:17.22 for her best time.<\/p>\n<p>Spain&#8217;s <strong>Mireia Belmonte<\/strong> (8:23.30), Hungary&#8217;s<strong> Boglarka Kapas<\/strong> (8:24.41), China&#8217;s <strong>Zhang Yuhan<\/strong> (8:26.06), Italy&#8217;s <strong>Simona Quadarella<\/strong> (8:26.50) and Great Britain&#8217;s <strong>Holly Hibbott<\/strong> (8:38.63) also competed in the championship final.<\/p>\n<p>Ledecky is the first to win three straight as <strong>Kate Ziegler<\/strong> (2005, 2007), <strong>Hannah Stockbauer<\/strong> (2001, 2003) and <strong>Janet Evans<\/strong> (1991, 1994) all won two straight but never three.<\/p>\n<p>Ledecky interview:<\/p>\n<!--[if lt IE 9]><script>document.createElement('audio');<\/script><![endif]-->\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-269756-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/katie-ledecky-800-free-final-fina-world-championships.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/katie-ledecky-800-free-final-fina-world-championships.mp3\">https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/katie-ledecky-800-free-final-fina-world-championships.mp3<\/a><\/audio>\n<p>Smith interview:<\/p>\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-269756-2\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/leah-smith-800-free-final-fina-world-championships.mp3?_=2\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/leah-smith-800-free-final-fina-world-championships.mp3\">https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/leah-smith-800-free-final-fina-world-championships.mp3<\/a><\/audio>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_269759\" style=\"width: 710px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-269759\" data-attachment-id=\"269759\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/katie-ledecky-wins-third-straight-800-free-world-title-leah-smith-bronze\/screen-shot-2017-07-29-at-1-18-15-pm\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/Screen-Shot-2017-07-29-at-1.18.15-PM-e1501348731469.png\" data-orig-size=\"784,601\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"800-free-women\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;Screen Shot 2017-07-29 at 1.18.15 PM&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Photo Courtesy:&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/Screen-Shot-2017-07-29-at-1.18.15-PM-e1501348731469-700x500.png\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/Screen-Shot-2017-07-29-at-1.18.15-PM-1024x640.png\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-269759\" src=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/Screen-Shot-2017-07-29-at-1.18.15-PM-e1501348731469-700x500.png\" alt=\"Screen Shot 2017-07-29 at 1.18.15 PM\" width=\"700\" height=\"500\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-269759\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo Courtesy:<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Katie Ledecky became the first female swimmer to win the 800 free at the World Championships three times. 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