GWANGJU, South Korea — Twenty-one times in her storied career, Katie Ledecky has gone faster than her winning effort on Saturday in the 800-meter freestyle at the world swimming championships. But given all that she had to endure to make it to the starting blocks — headaches, an irregular pulse, an elevated heart rate, insomnia and a loss of appetite — her time of 8 minutes 13.58 seconds was beside the point. …read more
Source:: WRAL
