Katie Ledecky, the 18-year-old American, rallied to win the 200-meter freestyle at the world championships in Kazan, Russia, on Wednesday night, beating a stellar field that included defending champion Missy Franklin of the United States and two-time winner Federica Pellegrini of Italy.
She rallied from fourth after the first two laps to touch first in 1 minute, 55.16 seconds for her second gold medal of the championships. She already won the 1,500 free, lowering her own world record in the preliminaries and final.
Pellegrini of Italy finished second in 1:55.32, and Franklin was third in 1:55.49.
Olympic champion Nathan Adrian from Bremerton qualified fifth for the men’s 100 freestyle final.