15-Year-Old Ledecky Spoiled Britain's Party

On Friday night at the London Aquatics Centre, Katie Ledecky outdid Phelps by four spots, pulling out a victory in the 800-meter freestyle that sent all of Britain into mourning. Ledecky, a rising sophomore in high school, led from the start andLONDON — Surely the filament-thin and translucently pale girl in the water couldn't keep it up. Fifteen-year-old Katie Ledecky was so far out in front in the Olympic 800 meters that she was swimming alone. “I didn't see a

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