The bronze went to Cody Miller of the United States, whose time of 58.87 held off teammate Kevin Cordes. Ledecky has dominated the longer freestyle events since winning gold in the 800 free at the London Olympics as a 15-year-old. The unassuming teenager from suburban Washington gave the United States its first swimming gold medal of the Rio Olympics on Sunday night, crushing her own world record in the women's 400-meter freestyle. She crushed the mark of 3:58.37 that she set nearly two years ago on the Gold Coast of Australia, and had been chasing ever since. Michael Phelps was picked to swim for the United States, giving him a chance to add to his already staggering medal haul of 18 golds and 22 medals overall.

Source: Fox News August 08, 2016 02:37 UTC