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Ledecky not satisfied despite 400m win | The Express Tribune

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[ad_1] LOS ANGELES: Katie Ledecky easily won the 400m freestyle at the US swimming championships on Friday, but the US great knows she'll need to do more to challenge for the title at the World Championships in Fukuoka, Japan, next month. "It wasn't great," Ledecky sighed after clocking 4min 0.45sec to lift the title in Indianapolis, Indiana. She set a world record of 3:56.46 in winning gold at the Rio Olympics in 2016. Since then, Australia's Ariarne Titmus has upset Ledecky for the 2019 world title and out-dueled her in the Tokyo Olympic final in 2021. Titmus lowered the world record and Canadian teen Summer McIntosh lowered it again in March with a time of 3:56.08. With Titmus having clocked 3:58.47 at the Australian trials this month, Ledecky was clearly dissatisfied with her time but not discouraged. "So many things to learn from," said the seven-time Olympic gold medallist and owner of 19 world titles. "So I'll try to learn