By David Rieder
It’s safe to say that the 2015 FINA World Championships will not be remembered as USA Swimming’s finest hour. The traditionally-dominant Americans won just eight gold medals in 40 pool events after winning 14 at the previous global showcase in Barcelona in 2013. It was their lowest total since winning just four at the 1994 World Championships in Rome.
And things could have been even worse if not for Katie Ledecky, who accounted for five of those eight golds as she swept the 200, 400, 800 and 1500 free and swam the decisive anchor leg on the gold-medal winning 800 free relay. Also winning gold were Ryan Lochte in the 200 IM and their men’s 400 medley and mixed 400 free relays.
But the other U.S. relays in Kazan were disasters. The men’s 800 free relay, undefeated internationally since 2004, fell to Great Britain, and the women’s 400 medley failed to make the podium for the first time since 2009. The biggest shocker came on the meet’s opening day when the men’s 400 free relay squad failed to advance to the final.
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