Finally, as the tears seemed ready to flow, she pulled the goggles back down over her eyes before exiting the pool.
The metric mile wasn’t quite the breeze that everyone expected, given Ledecky’s longtime dominance in an event that was finally added to the Olympic program for these games.
— Britain captured its first gold medal in the men’s 4×200 freestyle relay since 1908, blowing away the field with a powerhouse group that included the top two finishers in the 200 free individual race, Tom Dean and Duncan Scott.