{"id":10783,"date":"2016-08-11T07:53:05","date_gmt":"2016-08-11T07:53:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.biphoo.com\/bipnews\/?p=10783"},"modified":"2016-08-11T07:53:05","modified_gmt":"2016-08-11T07:53:05","slug":"katie-ledecky-picks-up-3rd-gold-at-rio","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.biphoo.com\/bipnews\/sports\/rio-olympics\/katie-ledecky-picks-up-3rd-gold-at-rio.html","title":{"rendered":"Katie Ledecky picks up 3rd gold at Rio"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 18pt; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;\"><strong>Katie Ledecky picks up 3rd gold at Rio<\/strong> <\/span><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;\"><strong>Katie Ledecky picks up 3rd gold at Rio<\/strong> : Katie Ledecky was the fastest swimmer in the pool, and she brought her American teammates along for the ride.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;\">The 19-year-old turned in another overpowering performance to carry the United States to victory in the <strong>4&#215;200-meter freestyle relay<\/strong> late Wednesday, capturing her third gold and fourth medal overall at the Rio Olympics.<\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mb103.com\/lnk.asp?o=8067&amp;c=95392&amp;a=149501&amp;l=6779\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright\" src=\"http:\/\/www.mb103.com\/getimage.asp?a=149501&amp;m=2400&amp;o=8067&amp;i=95392.dat\" width=\"180\" height=\"150\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;\">The U.S. trailed through the first three legs of the race, as Sweden, China and then Australia swapped the top spot.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;\">Then, it was Ledecky&#8217;s turn on the anchor leg.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;\">She blew everyone else away.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;\"><strong>Ledecky turned in a split of 1 minute, 53.74 seconds<\/strong>, which was nearly 2 1-2 seconds faster than her next-fastest teammate, Allison Schmitt in 1:56.21.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;\">Only one other swimmer in the race, Australia&#8217;s Emma McKeon, got within a second of Ledecky.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;\">The<strong> Australians settled for silve<\/strong>r, and Canada took the bronze.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 8pt; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;\"><strong>Source :<\/strong> http:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/sports\/2016\/08\/11\/ledecky-leads-us-to-gold-in-4&#215;200-meter-freestyle-picks-up-3rd-gold-at-rio.html<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"fb-background-color\">\n\t\t\t  <div \n\t\t\t  \tclass = \"fb-comments\" \n\t\t\t  \tdata-href = \"https:\/\/www.biphoo.com\/bipnews\/sports\/rio-olympics\/katie-ledecky-picks-up-3rd-gold-at-rio.html\"\n\t\t\t  \tdata-numposts = \"10\"\n\t\t\t  \tdata-lazy = \"true\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-colorscheme = \"light\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-order-by = \"social\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-mobile=true>\n\t\t\t  <\/div><\/div>\n\t\t  <style>\n\t\t    .fb-background-color {\n\t\t\t\tbackground: #ffffff !important;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t.fb_iframe_widget_fluid_desktop iframe {\n\t\t\t    width: 630px !important;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t  <\/style>\n\t\t  ","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Katie Ledecky picks up 3rd gold at Rio Katie Ledecky picks up 3rd gold at Rio : Katie Ledecky was the fastest swimmer in the pool, and she brought her American teammates along for the ride. 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