From the very start, this was different from any 800-meter freestyle Katie Ledecky had ever swum. The usual empty water that surrounds her as she crushes the competition, racing only herself, was gone. She had company to her left, company to her right. Someone was there every single time she took a breath—pressing her, chasing her, testing the depth of …
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