The World Aquatics Championships Fukuoka 2023 kicked off Saturday, July 22, and included a handful of Florida Gators among its competitors. One of the standouts in the 400-meter freestyle event was former volunteer coach [autotag]Katie Ledecky[/autotag], who earned a silver medal with a 3:58.73 swim time.
The hardware was the 23rd World Championships medal of her career.
Prior to her medal-winning effort, Ledecky swam a 4:00.80 in the 400-meter event, giving her a slightly better than two-second improvement between the two.
Take a look below at a gallery of highlights from Katie Ledecky’s silver medal-winning effort at the World Aquatics Championships Fukuoka 2023.