Ledecky leads US charge at worlds but faces big test in opening race

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FUKUOKA, Japan : The United States will look to continue their dominance when the swimming events at the World Aquatics Championships get underway in the Japanese city of Fukuoka on Sunday, with Australia also aiming to lay down a marker before next year's Paris Olympics.The Americans claimed 17 gold meda

FUKUOKA, Japan : The United States will look to continue their dominance when the swimming events at the World Aquatics Championships get underway in the Japanese city of Fukuoka on Sunday, with Australia also aiming to lay down a marker before next year's Paris Olympics.

"I'm excited about this team," Australia head coach Rohan Taylor said last month."We've got a great mix of experienced campaigners and some young blood coming through. But the pair could well find themselves overshadowed by 16-year-old Canadian prodigy Summer McIntosh, who shattered the world record held by Titmus with a scorching time of three minutes, 56.08 seconds at her national trials in March.

"There's going to be three women, hopefully, really close to the world record or breaking the world record," Titmus said."To be hunter or hunted, I'm just going to go in there to give it a red-hot crack.""I don't really feel outside pressure. I try not to focus on it," said the teenager, who also owns the 400m individual medley world record.

 

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