Australian Kaylee McKeown and American Regan Smith went one-two in the 200m backstroke, just as they did in all three ...

In other events, Gretchen Walsh became the first American woman to win gold at the world championships in the 50m butterfly.

Katie Ledecky has dominated the women's 800-meter freestyle for more than a decade, winning gold in the event in four ...

Canadian swimming phenom Summer McIntosh was unable to beat American star Katie Ledecky in the women's 800-metre freestyle at ...

American star Katie Ledecky won her seventh world title in the women’s 800-meter freestyle on Saturday, fending off the ...

Katie Ledecky became the first swimmer to earn seven world titles in one event with an epic win over Lani Pallister and ...

Ledecky won with a time of 8:05.62, both a world championships record and the fourth fastest time in the history of the 800m ...

In Thursday’s edition of CBC Sports’ daily newsletter, we break down the most anticipated race of the swimming world ...

The American has owned the 800m freestyle for more than a decade, but the Canadian wunderkind is coming for her crown at the ...

U.S. swimmer wins her record seventh straight world championship in the event by holding off the 18-year-old Canadian star.

Katie Ledecky showed it will take a monumental effort to pry the 800 metres freestyle title from her grip after the American ...

Also Friday, Toronto’s Josh Liendo and Montreal’s Ilya Kharun booked spots in the men’s 100-metre butterfly final Saturday.