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Earlier in the prelims, Ledecky opened her first individual race of the Games with a new Olympic record of 3:58.71 to immediately lock the top seed for the final, clearing a four-minute barrier at the Games for the first time, and slashing 2.74 seconds off the mark set in London 2012 by reigning champion Camille Muffat of France, who was killed ...
Katie Ledecky broke her own world record on Sunday on the way to winning the women's 400 meters freestyle gold medal at the Rio Olympics.
As steady as ever, Ledecky cruised to victory in the 400-meter freestyle at the U.S. swimming trials on Saturday night. She makes qualifying for the Olympics look so much easier than it is.
Ledecky after her win in the 400-meter freestyle in Kazan. In the heats of the 1500-meter freestyle on the second day of competition, Ledecky broke her own world record in a time of 15:27.71. [54] On the third day of competition during the morning session, Ledecky swam in the heats of the 200-meter freestyle and qualified first with a time of 1 ...
In the men’s 400-meter freestyle, Germany’s Lukas Maertens held off late charges from Australia’s Elijah Winnington and South Korea’s Kim Woo-min to win in 3:41.78, less than two seconds ...
Trailing Ledecky by nearly a body length at the halfway mark, Titmus launched a blistering final hundred to win the gold in 3:56.69, registering the second fastest time in history. While Ledecky took the early lead, she was unable to overtake Titmus in the final lap, settling for the silver in 3:57.36.
In Indianapolis, Ledecky, a seven-time gold medalist, won the 2024 U.S. Olympic swim trials final in the women’s 400-meter freestyle, clinching a spot on Team USA. Paige Madden finished second ...
The women's 400-metre freestyle competition at the 2019 World Championships was held on 21 July 2019. [1] [2] Ariarne Titmus overcame a .62-second deficit in the last 50 metres to defeat defending champion Katie Ledecky. This was Ledecky's first loss in a major international 400 metre freestyle competition. [3]