United States’ gold medal winner Katie Ledecky waves from the podium after the women’s 800-meter freestyle final at the world championships. (Petr David Josek/Associated Press)With expectations that might finally match her talents, Katie Ledecky opened this year’s FINA world championships in Budapest and stayed at least a pool-length away from anything that might resemble a boast or prediction. And she fell short of tying Missy Franklin’s mark of six gold medals at a single world championships. The 20-year old Bethesda native won four gold medals and a silver at the Rio Olympics last summer and was taking on an even heavier workload at these world championships. [Katie Ledecky falls short in bid for six golds, losing in 200-meter free at world championships]“It happens,” Ledecky said calmly after the race.

Source: Washington Post July 30, 2017 00:15 UTC