It began to hit her: A fourth gold medal this week, a fifth overall, a second world record. [How good is Katie Ledecky in 800 meters? The swimming world can only imagine]Seven seconds, eight seconds, nine seconds, 10. At the midway point, she was more than a second ahead of her own world record pace and some 10 meters ahead of her closest competitor. Turning at the 750-meter mark, she was a full two seconds ahead of world record pace and 20 meters clear of the field, but she still bore down on the wall.

Source: Washington Post August 13, 2016 01:35 UTC