In brief: Katie Ledecky continues spree at swimming worlds
Swimming: There’s no stopping Katie Ledecky. The speedy teenager raced herself at the world swimming championships, and she was unbeatable.
The 18-year-old American ended her meet in spectacular style Saturday night at Kazan, Russia, lowering her world record by 3.61 seconds in the 800-meter freestyle for her fifth gold medal.
She swam the 16-lap race in 8 minutes, 7.39 seconds, bettering her time of 8:11.00 set last year on home soil.
“I knew that I was capable of going sub-8:10,” she said, “so to go 8:07 means a lot.”
Ledecky completed a sweep of the 200, 400, 800 and 1,500 freestyles in Kazan. She swam the anchor leg on the victorious 4x200 free relay, too.
She improved her results from two years ago in Barcelona, where she won four golds and set two world records.
In Kazan, she won the 400 by 3.89 seconds, the 800 by 10.26 seconds and the 1,500 by 14.66 seconds, taking down her world record in the preliminaries and the final.
Her closest race was the 200 free, when she rallied from fourth to win by 0.16 seconds.
On the men’s side, Sun Yang of China is poised for a nearly similar feat.
He won the 400 and 800 freestyles and is favored to add the 1,500 on the last day today.
Ledecky was under world-record pace throughout the 800, leaving the other swimmers trailing well behind her wake.
Blackhawks’ Kane hires attorney
HOCKEY: Chicago Blackhawks star Patrick Kane hired an attorney and called off a public display of the Stanley Cup on Saturday because he is under police investigation over something that may have happened at his home in Buffalo, New York, last weekend.
Without providing details, lawyer Paul Cambria confirmed in a text message to the Associated Press that he has been hired to represent Kane. Cambria represented Kane in 2009, when he pleaded guilty to a noncriminal charge of disorderly conduct after being accused of assaulting a Buffalo cab driver over 20 cents.
Rose, Furyk share Bridgestone lead
GOLF: Justin Rose went 30 straight holes without making a birdie.
He made up for it in the Bridgestone Invitational at Akron, Ohio, with a 7-under-par 63 that gave him a share of the lead with Jim Furyk going into the final round.
Furyk saved par with a 12-foot putt from the fringe for a 69 to join Rose at 9-under 201.
• Henry in front in Barracuda: J.J. Henry birdied the final hole to take a one-point lead in the Barracuda Championship at Reno, Nevada, the PGA Tour’s only modified Stableford event.
Henry had a 41-point total at Montreux Golf and Country Club, scoring 17 points in the third round with nine birdies and a bogey.
Spokane’s Alex Prugh dropped into a tie for 49th after scoring six points for a total of 18.
He finished the round with five birdies and four bogeys.
• Jimenez shoots 61, ties Montgomerie for Calgary lead: Miguel Angel Jimenez eagled the par-5 18th hole to match the course record of 9-under 61 and tie Colin Montgomerie for the second-round lead in the Champions Tour’s Shaw Charity Classic in Calgary, Alberta.
Montgomerie, the first-round leader after a 62, birdied the 18th for a 66 to join Jimenez at 12-under 128 at Canyon Meadows.
Nishikori tops Cilic; last met in Open final
TENNIS: Kei Nishikori rallied to beat Cilic 3-6, 6-1, 6-4 in the Citi Open semifinals in their first showdown since Cilic beat Nishikori in the U.S. Open final exactly 11 months ago.
In an all-American match, John Isner smacked 31 aces and fended off three match points for a 6-3, 3-6, 7-6 (9) win over Steve Johnson in the second semifinal.
American Sloane Stephens reached her first career final with a 7-6 (4), 6-0 win over 2011 U.S. Open champion Samantha Stosur. She will face Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova, who won the first semifinal match in the women’s draw after top seed Ekaterina Makarova withdrew before the third set with the score 4-6, 6-3.
Stephens was 0-6 in her previous semifinal matches.
• Kohlschreiber beats Mathieu to win Generali Open: Philipp Kohlschreiber won his sixth career ATP title by rallying to defeat French qualifier Paul-Henri Mathieu 2-6, 6-2, 6-2 at the Generali Open at Kitzbuehel, Austria.
It was the first title in 15 months for the sixth-seeded German, who improved to 6-7 in finals.
• Pliskova beats Lepchenko to reach Stanford final: Karolina Pliskova advanced to her tour-best fifth final of the year, beating American Varvara Lepchenko 6-2, 7-5 in the Bank of the West Classic at Stanford, California.
Fifth-seeded Angelique Kerber of Germany advanced to the final with a 6-3, 6-1 victory over Elina Svitolina of Ukraine in a match that lasted 55 minutes.
Honor Code rallies to win Whitney
HORSE RACING: Honor Code rallied from last with a dramatic late stretch run to catch Liam’s Map and win the Grade 1 $1.25 million Whitney by a neck at Saratoga Race Course at Saratoga Springs, New York.
The 4-year-old son of A.P. Indy, trained by Hall of Famer Shug McGaughey for owners Lane’s End Racing and Dell Ridge Farm, ran 1 1/8 miles in 1:47.82 on a fast main track. He paid $9.50, $5.90 and $3.50 as the narrow second choice in a field of nine distinguished older horses.
Making his graded stakes debut, Liam’s Map returned $7.40 and $4.50 for second, 1 1/2 lengths ahead of 7-2 favorite Tonalist, who paid $3.
Honor Code, an easy winner of the Grade 1 Metropolitan Handicap in his previous start, banked $675,000 for the victory to push his career total to $1,983,260. He has six wins in nine starts.
• Pinkman edges filly Mission Brief in Hambletonian: Pinkman held off filly champion Mission Brief down the stretch and won the $1 million Hambletonian final by three-quarters of a length at the Meadowlands at East Rutherford, New Jersey.
The final of trotting’s biggest race was a battle of the 2-year-old division champions from 2014, and the champion gelding prevented Mission Brief from becoming the first filly to win the Hambletonian since 1996.
Austin Peay coach resigns after arrest
MISCELLANY: The baseball coach at Austin Peay resigned after 27 seasons following his arrest in a prostitution sting.
The university said it had accepted Gary McClure’s resignation.
Police say McClure responded to an online ad and contacted an undercover Clarksville Police officer.
The Leaf-Chronicle reported McClure was arrested Friday after arriving at a location given by the officer. He was booked on a charge of patronizing prostitution and released on $250 bond.
• Serbia pounds Croatia in world water polo finale: Serbia defeated Olympic champion Croatia 11-4 in the men’s water polo world championship final at Kazan, Russia.
Serbia outshot Croatia 19-12, and Andrija Prlainovic led the new champions with three goals, earning the final MVP award.
Greece won the bronze-medal match against Italy, taking the penalty shootout 4-2 after the game finished 7-7 in regulation time.
• Dombrowski surges to stage win, overall lead: Joe Dombrowski made a dominant move near the finish of Stage 6 in cycling’s Tour of Utah, riding solo to victory at Snowbird Ski Resort at Snowbird, Utah and assuming the overall lead.
• Dungey wins Unadilla National: Ryan Dungey won the Red Bull Unadilla National at New Berlin, New York, for his third straight Lucas Oil Pro Motocross Championships victory, fifth of the season and 43rd overall.