The stylish Federica Pellegrini is going out on top.
The Italian superstar said after beating Katie Ledecky in the world championships 200m freestyle that she believed it would be the last 200m free of her career at the highest level of swimming.
Pellegrini, a 28-year-old fashion lover, would leave as the greatest women’s 200m freestyler ever.
Her 200m free world record from the 2009 World Championships — where Pellegrini was the main attraction in Rome — is the longest-standing mark in women’s swimming.
Pellegrini burst onto the scene by taking Olympic silver in 2004 one week after turning 16 years old.