Katie Ledecky warms up Olympic journey with first US swimming medal

United States girls’s swimming star Katie Ledecky was unable to safe gold in her first Olympic ultimate, however she nonetheless landed on the rostrum.

Ledecky earned a bronze medal, her first medal of those Olympic Video games, as she completed the 400-meter girls’s freestyle in third place with a time of 4:00.86, which is properly behind her personal Olympic document of three:56.46 she set in Rio de Janeiro in 2016.

Ledecky collected her first bronze and eleventh Olympic medal complete with this end.

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Katie Ledecky of Group USA competes within the Girls’s 400m Freestyle Heats on day one of many Olympic Video games Paris 2024 at Paris La Protection Enviornment on July 27, 2024, in Nanterre, France. (Jean Catuffe/Getty Photographs)

As a substitute of chasing her personal document, Ledecky was making an attempt to catch Australia’s Ariarne Titmus – the world document holder within the 400-meter freestyle at 3:55.38, which she set in 2023 – your entire race.

Titmus earned her first gold medal within the pool at these Olympics, and fifth complete medal of her profession on the Video games after posting a 3:57.49 ultimate time. She defends her Olympic gold medal she secured on this occasion in Tokyo.

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It was greater than two seconds behind her world document tempo, however she managed to stave off Canada’s Summer season McIntosh, who kicked into an additional gear within the ultimate 50 meters.

Ariarne Titmus of Australia celebrates victory within the Girls’s 400m ultimate through the Swimming Finals on day one of many Olympic Video games Paris 2024 at Paris La Protection Enviornment on July 27, 2024, in Nanterre, France. (Bradley Kanaris/Getty Photographs))

Titmus was properly behind her world document tempo, however she nonetheless had regular velocity as she eyed the ultimate wall for gold. McIntosh made an amazing effort however completed with a time of three:58.37 to earn herself a silver medal.

McIntosh’s efforts earned Canada its first medal of Paris 2024, and she or he won’t be performed, because the world document holder within the 400-meter particular person medley will proceed competing in these Video games.

For Ledecky, that is simply the begin to her Olympic journey right here in Paris, because the 27-year-old nonetheless has three extra occasions to race in.

Ledecky is ready for the 800-meter freestyle, the 1500-meter freestyle and the 4×200-meter free relay together with her fellow United States teammates.

Already thought-about one of many biggest swimmers of all-time, Ledecky is making an attempt to spice up her resume right here in Paris, and she or he’s doing so with one other Olympic medal.