{"id":384549,"date":"2019-07-27T09:58:52","date_gmt":"2019-07-27T16:58:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/?p=384549"},"modified":"2019-07-27T10:01:57","modified_gmt":"2019-07-27T17:01:57","slug":"watch-katie-ledecky-come-from-behind-in-epic-800-free-win-race-video","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/watch-katie-ledecky-come-from-behind-in-epic-800-free-win-race-video\/","title":{"rendered":"Watch Katie Ledecky Come From Behind in Epic 800 Free Win (Race Video)"},"content":{"rendered":"

After scratching two events and under-performing in a third because of illness, Katie Ledecky<\/strong> returned to gold at the 2019 FINA World Championships in Gwangju, South Korea.<\/p>\n

And Ledecky did so by holding off Simona Quadarella<\/strong> in one of the closest races in recent memory<\/a> in the women’s 800 free. In fact, Ledecky used a monster turn on the final lap to be able to overtake Quadarella, who led most of the race.<\/p>\n

Ledecky was able to hang on for gold in 8:13.58, with Quadarella taking silver on 8:14.99 and Ariarne Titmus\u00a0<\/strong>won the bronze in 8:15.70. Quadarella won the 1500 free, an event Ledecky scratched, and Titmus beat Ledecky head-to-head in the 400 free to open the meet.<\/p>\n

Asked where she ranked the swim, given that it was her No. 22, Ledecky said: \u201cIt\u2019s hard to rank it. Each swim \u2026 is unique and has its own story. This one definitely has one that I\u2019ll be telling for a while and I have a lot of stories from this week, stories that I didn\u2019t want to have.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s special to be able to pull out a swim like that \u2013 and just trust that I could do it.<\/p>\n