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Washington-born Katie Ledecky, the pacesetter for women’s long distance swimming, withdrew from two world championship events following a surprising second-place finish on Sunday to Australian Ariarne Titmus.  For top swimmers, the 2019 world championship meet is a dress rehearsal for the Tokyo Olympics, which start in one year. Ledecky, a Bethesda native, had not been …

Katie Ledecky will skip the 200-meter freestyle in South Korea. (Lee Jin-man/AP) Rick Maese Reporter covering a variety of subjects, including health and safety, Olympics, legal and political issues in sports July 22 at 8:41 PM GWANGJU, South Korea — Katie Ledecky’s ambitious program at the FINA world championships was upended Tuesday morning, when she …

CLOSE GWANGJU, South Korea — Katie Ledecky is usually there in the end, her endurance powering her to the wall well ahead of the competition. Someone else got there first at the world championships on Sunday night. Ariarne Titmus of Australia chased down Ledecky over the last lap to win the 400-meter freestyle and deny …

“Unfamiliar and different,” Katie Ledecky called a second-place finish. (Maddie Meyer/Getty Images) Rick Maese Reporter covering a variety of subjects, including health and safety, Olympics, legal and political issues in sports July 21 at 11:22 AM GWANGJU, South Korea — It all felt so foreign, that last lap, the unusual lineup on the medals podium, …