AGL 40.00 No Change ▼ 0.00 (0%)
AIRLINK 127.04 No Change ▼ 0.00 (0%)
BOP 6.67 No Change ▼ 0.00 (0%)
CNERGY 4.51 No Change ▼ 0.00 (0%)
DCL 8.55 No Change ▼ 0.00 (0%)
DFML 41.44 No Change ▼ 0.00 (0%)
DGKC 86.85 No Change ▼ 0.00 (0%)
FCCL 32.28 No Change ▼ 0.00 (0%)
FFBL 64.80 No Change ▼ 0.00 (0%)
FFL 10.25 No Change ▼ 0.00 (0%)
HUBC 109.57 No Change ▼ 0.00 (0%)
HUMNL 14.68 No Change ▼ 0.00 (0%)
KEL 5.05 No Change ▼ 0.00 (0%)
KOSM 7.46 No Change ▼ 0.00 (0%)
MLCF 41.38 No Change ▼ 0.00 (0%)
NBP 60.41 No Change ▼ 0.00 (0%)
OGDC 190.10 No Change ▼ 0.00 (0%)
PAEL 27.83 No Change ▼ 0.00 (0%)
PIBTL 7.83 No Change ▼ 0.00 (0%)
PPL 150.06 No Change ▼ 0.00 (0%)
PRL 26.88 No Change ▼ 0.00 (0%)
PTC 16.07 No Change ▼ 0.00 (0%)
SEARL 86.00 No Change ▼ 0.00 (0%)
TELE 7.71 No Change ▼ 0.00 (0%)
TOMCL 35.41 No Change ▼ 0.00 (0%)
TPLP 8.12 No Change ▼ 0.00 (0%)
TREET 16.41 No Change ▼ 0.00 (0%)
TRG 53.29 No Change ▼ 0.00 (0%)
UNITY 26.16 No Change ▼ 0.00 (0%)
WTL 1.26 No Change ▼ 0.00 (0%)
BR100 10,010 Increased By 126.5 (1.28%)
BR30 31,023 Increased By 422.5 (1.38%)
KSE100 94,192 Increased By 836.5 (0.9%)
KSE30 29,201 Increased By 270.2 (0.93%)

American swim queen Katie Ledecky said watching records tumble at the world championships inspired her to win a fourth straight 800m gold Saturday despite an illness that threatened to derail her. Ledecky, 22, withdrew from her 1,500m title defence and 200m heat earlier in the week in Gwangju and feared an early exit from Saturday's 800m final after a return of the mystery bug that has plagued her for days.
"I got to the pool this morning to warm up and felt a little nauseous again which wasn't great," she said. "I had a brief moment of doubt there but pulled it together and made it happen today. "Last night after watching all the fast swimming I said (to my coach) I so, so badly want to go have a good swim tomorrow. Just watching those records tumble... really fired me up," she added.
Five-time Olympic champion Ledecky was given a fright in the 800m by European champion Simona Quadarella but held off the Italian to win in 8:13.58 and capture a 15th world title. "Each swim has its own story," she said. "This one definitely has one that I'll be telling for a while," added Ledecky, revealing that she had spent seven hours in hospital on Tuesday after being struck by headaches and insomnia and experiencing an irregular pulse and elevated heart rate. Ledecky, visibly emotional at the side of the pool, expressed a "sense of gratefulness" towards the family and coaches that had helped pep her up this week.

Copyright Agence France-Presse, 2019

Comments

Comments are closed.