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| Katie Ledecky (right) has won a gold, silver and bronze in Paris so far |
Katie Ledecky became the most decorated American Olympian, and France's Leon March also reached the finals of the Paris Swimming Night.
The United States, with Ledecky swimming third, won silver in the women's 4x200-meter relay in 7 minutes, 40.86 seconds at La Defense Arena. Ledecky wants 13 Olympic medals - eight gold, four silver and one bronze. The 27-year-old athlete retained the 1500m freestyle title on Wednesday. He also won a bronze medal in the , 400-meter freestyle swimming, and on Saturday, he will try to win another gold medal in the 800-meter freestyle swimming. , Australia set an Olympic record, winning gold in 7:38.08, with China third in 7:42.34. , Great Britain's women were fifth, the foursome of Freya Colbert, Abbie Wood, Freya Anderson and Lucy Hope winning in 7:48.23.
Earlier, perhaps unexpectedly, Marchand qualified for Friday's 200m individual medley, finishing in 1:56.31 to another big reception from the crowd. March made history on Wednesday by winning two golds in one night, winning the 200m butterfly and 200m backstroke titles in two hours. He also won gold at ,,400 meters. , Defending 200m champion Tom Dean qualified for Friday's final in 1:56.92 - but teammate Duncan Scott ran faster in 1:56.49. "It's good," Scott told BBC Sport. "Maybe I need to hurry up and work on my back a little bit. I'm happy." He won gold at the World, European and Commonwealth events. but he has yet to win an Olympic medal. "I've never been in this situation - it's exciting," Proud told alkhabrfdakika. "Funny, not everything goes well, but it's about finding a balance between what you can do well and what you can do well." , Great Britain's Honey Osrin was the third fastest qualifier in the women's 200 with 2:07.84, followed by Katie Shanahan with 2:08.52. , Great Britain's Laura Stephens finished eighth in the women's 200m butterfly in 2:08.82 - her final time of the night - as 17-year-old Summer McIntosh of Canada set an Olympic record. , McIntosh took gold in 2:03.03 for her third medal in Paris after winning the women's 400m and silver in the 400m freestyle.
'Fantastic swim!' - McIntosh wins women's 200m butterfly gold
