Swimming star Ledecky clinches victory in the 800-meter freestyle competition at the world swimming championship, while McIntosh secures the bronze medal.
In the heart of Singapore, the world's top swimmers gathered for the 2025 World Swimming Championships. The event witnessed a thrilling race in the women's 800-metre freestyle, where American Katie Ledecky, an Olympic champion, continued her unbeaten streak in this event since her first victory at the 2012 Olympics.
Ledecky, who finished the race in 8 minutes, 5.62 seconds, overcame Canada's Summer McIntosh, who led until about 700 meters but faded near the finish. The bronze medal went to Lani Pallister from Australia, who had a strong final 50 meters to take silver, finishing less than four-tenths of a second behind Ledecky.
The race was a three-way duel to the finish between McIntosh, Ledecky, and Pallister. McIntosh briefly took the lead on the final turn of the race, but Ledecky surged ahead over the final 50 meters to secure the gold.
Canada's McIntosh, however, made history by winning the bronze medal in the 800-metre freestyle, adding to the eight medals that Canada has won at the world aquatics championships. Canada's medal tally includes seven medals in swimming and one in diving.
The world aquatics championships is the event where these competitions are taking place. For the men's events or other categories, no corresponding 800-metre freestyle results were found in the search results provided.
This report corrects a previous version that stated Canada had won seven medals so far. The corrected version of the report was published on Aug. 2, 2025.
[1] World Swimming Championships Results - Women's 800-Metre Freestyle [2] USA Swimming - Katie Ledecky Wins 7th World Title in 800-Metre Freestyle [3] Search Results for Men's 800-Metre Freestyle at World Swimming Championships [4] CBC Sports - Summer McIntosh Wins Bronze in Women's 800-Metre Freestyle
- Despite fading near the end, Summer McIntosh from Canada still made history by winning the bronze medal in the women's 800-metre freestyle at the World Swimming Championships, held this year in Toronto, Canada.
- In a thrilling three-way duel, Katie Ledecky from the USA clinched the gold in the women's 800-metre freestyle at the World Swimming Championships held in Toronto, with Canada's Summer McIntosh taking the bronze and Lani Pallister from Australia earning the silver.
