Claire Weinstein produced the best time in the world this year in the women's 200-meter freestyle final, and it was just enough to edge Katie Ledecky for the win at the U.S. Swimming Championships on Wednesday in Indianapolis.

Weinstein, 18, rebounded from being fourth at the midway point, finishing in 1 minute, 54.92 seconds.

Ledecky came in second at 1:55.26, and Torri Huske took third place at 1:55.71.

Asked postrace on Peacock about what spurred the victory, Weinstein replied, according to Olympics.com, "I'd just say getting racing reps in. I used to be scared of this race because I would kind of go in and not know what to do, but now I've raced it so many times, I know exactly what I need to do. It's just muscle memory.

"My training this year has been really good. I think this yea

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