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AMERICAN Katie Ledecky entered the record books as she smashed the women’s 800m world record to claim her fifth gold medal of a remarkable world championships yesterday.

Katie Ledecky wrote more swimming history at the world championships on Saturday by breaking her own 800m freestyle record and claiming an historic fifth gold medal.

Emily Seebohm claimed her second gold of the world swimming championships with victory in the women’s 100m backstroke final on Tuesday.

“It gets more people behind swimming so that’s awesome”.

Great Britain’s Adam Peaty has won gold in the men’s 100 metres breaststroke at the Aquatics World Championships in Kazan, Russia.