Katie Ledecky swims the 200 freestyle final tonite, with a chance for her second gold medal of the Rio Olympics, after winning the 400 freestyle a few nights ago. She is probably a co-favorite with Sweden’s Sarah Sjoström. Should Ledecky win the 200 tonite, she will become the 3rd woman, and 6th swimmer, to double in the 200-400 freestyle at the same Olympic Games. The others are:

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Name,Gender,NOC,Year

Debbie Meyer,F,USA,1968

Shane Gould,F,AUS,1972

Yevgeny Sadovy,M,EUN,1992

Danyon Loader,M,NZL,1996

Ian Thorpe,M,AUS,2004

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