Katie Ledecky Wins 400m Freestyle Gold Medal at World Aquatics Championships

Katie Ledecky won the 400-metre freestyle gold Sunday at the 2017 World Aquatics Championships.

Per the Associated Press (via ESPN.com), Ledecky set a new championships record of three minutes, 58.34 seconds as she stormed home.

Ledecky was fastest through the heats and continued her form in the final as she held off American Leah Smith with ease in Budapest, Hungary.

No one could match Ledecky's class, and she once again proved her magnificence in the discipline.

Per Fina.org, Ledecky is the only swimmer to win the event on three separate occasions at the championships.

Li Bingjie of China claimed the bronze behind Smith.