PARIS ¨C Katie Ledecky became the most decorated female Olympic swimmer of all time but the U.S. great had to settle for silver as Australia made sure of the 4x200-meter freestyle gold at the Paris Games on Thursday.
China took the bronze, with Canada finishing fourth.
Ledecky now has 13 Olympic medals ¡ª eight golds, four silvers and a bronze ¡ª one more than compatriots Jenny Thompson, Dara Torres and Natalie Coughlin and Australia¡¯s Emma McKeon.
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