PARIS, France — Katie Ledecky launched her bid for a fourth straight Olympic 800m freestyle title Friday by beating Ariarne Titmus in the heats during a session marred by a Slovak athlete collapsing on the pool deck.
Canadian star Summer McIntosh was also back in La Defense Arena in the 200m medley as she seeks to further burnish her reputation, while Caeleb Dressel kickstarted his 100m butterfly defense.American great Ledecky , who emphatically defended her 1500m title on Wednesday, came home in 8min 16.62sec.Her chief rival Titmus, who came second in Tokyo, was third in the same heat with the United States' Paige Madden second quickest.
Conscious McIntosh, a decade younger than Ledecky, already has two golds and a silver and is gunning for more glory in the 200m medley, where she topped the timesheets in 2:09.90.Slovakia's Tamara Potocka came last behind McIntosh and collapsed as she climbed out of the pool.The 21-year-old, at her first Olympics, received medical attention and was carried out on a stretcher with an oxygen mask on.'She's conscious but we are waiting for a medical update,' organizers said.
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