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Four years later, she left Rio de Janeiro as the most decorated female athlete of the 2016 Olympic Games, with four gold medals, one silver medal, and two world records. At the 2020 Olympic Games , Ledecky emerged as the most decorated U.S. female athlete and became the first American female swimmer to win an individual event in three straight ...
Torri Huske was the only American besides Ledecky to reach the podium Wednesday, claiming her third medal of the Games by finishing second in the women’s 100-meter freestyle in 52.29, 0.13 ...
Katie Ledecky's dominance in the pool continued on Wednesday when she won gold in the 1,500-meter freestyle event at the Paris Olympics. Ledecky broke the Olympic record with a time of 15 minutes ...
U.S. distance legend Katie Ledecky won gold in the inaugural Olympic women's 1500-meter freestyle, only an hour and 13 minutes after competing in the 200 m freestyle. The world-record holder in the event, Ledecky led from the start to finish in 15:37.34, almost two seconds off her Olympic record in the heats.
Katie Ledecky claimed her eighth career gold medal. ... She sailed to victory in the 1500-meter freestyle, finishing in an Olympic record time of 15:30.02, 10.33 seconds ahead of the silver ...
The first world record in the men's 1500 metres freestyle in a long course (50 metres) swimming pool was recognised by the International Swimming Federation (FINA) in 1908. [1] In short course (25 metres) pools, the world's governing body recognizes world records since March 3, 1991.
Katie Ledecky fell short in her 200-meter freestyle final but came back about an hour later to win the grueling 1,500 freestyle. Katie Ledecky wins gold medal in 1,500 freestyle at Tokyo Olympics ...
The women's world record has been broken on three occasions at the Olympics, with records coming in 1928, 1932 and 1972. [1] Ellery Clark was the first Olympic champion in 1896 and Ethel Catherwood became the first female Olympic high jump champion 32 years later.