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That setup doesn\u2019t provide much time for athletes to reset, although that is exactly what <strong>Katie Ledecky<\/strong> did on Monday night.<\/p>\n<p>Hours removed from a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/olympics-in-epic-showdown-ariarne-titmus-dispatches-katie-ledecky-to-become-aussie-golden-girl-updated\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">silver-medal finish in the 400-meter freestyle<\/a>, the American star returned to the pool and posted the top seed in the heats of the 200-meter freestyle. Ledecky delivered a time of 1:55.28, just ahead of the 1:55.38 recorded by Canada&#8217;s <strong>Penny Oleksiak<\/strong>. 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