'09 World Championship Silver Medallist, Lotte Friis.
Notable athletes included tennis player Caroline Wozniacki, and swimmer Lotte Friis, who won a bronze medal in Beijing.
Denmark's Lotte Friis ( 8 : 24.50 ) and Germany's Sarah K鰄ler ( 8 : 27.75 ) rounded out the championship field.
Much like the 1500-meter freestyle, Ledecky let Lotte Friis lead most of the race, making a move at the 650-meter mark to eventually win the race by 2.46 seconds.
At the 2011 World Aquatics Championships, Adlington won the 800-metre freestyle gold medal, beating Lotte Friis over the final 50 metres, and silver in the 400-metre freestyle behind world record-holder Federica Pellegrini of Italy.
In what was a hard-fought race with Dane Lotte Friis, Ledecky overcame Friis in the final few hundred meters after losing the lead at the 300-meter mark, which included a final 50 split of 29.47.
Denmark's Lotte Friis finished off the podium with a fourth-place time and a national record in 4 : 03.98, while Italy's Federica Pellegrini, the reigning world record holder, faded to fifth in 4 : 04.50.
Lotte Friis ended Denmark's 20-year medal drought in swimming to claim a bronze in 8 : 23.03, edging out Romania's Camelia Potec ( 8 : 23.03 ) on the final lap by eight-hundredths of a second.
On November 4, 2015, five swimmers had been officially chosen to be part of the Danish Olympic team for the Games, including current world-record holder Rikke M鴏ler Pedersen in the breaststroke, and 2008 Olympic bronze medalist Lotte Friis in long-distance freestyle.
Meanwhile, Denmark's Lotte Friis, the defending bronze medalist, opened up the race with an early lead, but dropped back to fifth in 8 : 23.86 to hold off a fast-charging Hungarian Bogl醨ka Kap醩 ( 8 : 23.89 ) on the final lap by almost a fingertip.