Katie Ledecky eyes daunting double at World Championships

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NEW YORK — Katie Ledecky plans to swim a full five-event schedule at the World Championships in August, including a 1500m freestyle final followed by a 200m freestyle semifinal expected to be about 20 minutes later.

Ledecky’s lineup would then include the 200m, 400m, 800m and 1500m frees, plus the 4x200m free relay.

In 2013, Missy Franklin became the first woman to win six gold medals at a single World Championships in Barcelona. Ledecky was named over Franklin as FINA’s top female swimmer of the meet, with four golds and two world records.

In 2013, Ledecky could have also tried the 1500m free-200m free double, with the same schedule as it is slated to be this August,…