The Americans set a world relay record and piled up three gold medals Saturday in what's been an otherwise frustrating swimming world championships for them.

Katie Ledecky remains the gold standard in the 800-meter freestyle, winning a gold medal Saturday at the swimming world championships in Singapore in a time of 8:05.62.

Australian Cameron McEvoy and Brit Ben Proud went one-two in the men's 50m free, repeating their finishes from the Olympics. American Jack Alexy added bronze to his 100m free silver. Summer McIntosh crossed an ocean and took up a new sport that helped her have one of the best swim meets in history.