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.