American swimming celebrity Katie Ledecky has efficiently defended her title within the ladies’s 800-meter freestyle for the fourth straight time in the Olympics, out-pacing Ariarne Titmus of Australia to win gold in Saturday’s ultimate.
Ledecky, who owns each the Olympic document and the world document, accomplished the race in 8:11.04 – greater than a second forward of Titmus.
Katie Ledecky competes within the ladies’s 800-meter freestyle swimming ultimate on the 2024 Paris Video games on Saturday. (MANAN VATSYAYANA/AFP through Getty Photos)
The win gave Ledecky her fourth straight gold within the occasion, making her simply the second swimmer to win an occasion at 4 straight Summer time Video games and the primary girl to ever do it. She joins fellow American Michael Phelps, who received 4 straight within the males’s 200-meter particular person medley.
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The 27-year-old swimmer additionally turned simply the sixth Olympian to win 9 gold medals.
The 800-meter freestyle is the occasion that put Ledecky on the map. She received her first Olympic gold medal on this occasion in her debut on the 2012 Summer time Video games in London. She hasn’t misplaced it since, and presently owns 29 of the highest 30 instances in that occasion.
Katie Ledecky competes within the ladies’s 800-meter freestyle Closing on August 3, 2024. She efficiently defended her title for a document 4 straight Video games. (Maddie Meyer/Getty Photos)
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She’s additionally made a reputation for herself as one of many best-long distance swimmers. She unsurprisingly received gold within the ladies’s 1500-meter freestyle earlier within the week to tie Jenny Thompson for essentially the most Olympic gold medals in ladies’s swimming historical past.
Ledecky rapidly broke that tie, successful a historic thirteenth medal (silver) within the ladies’s 4×200-meter freestyle relay on Thursday.
Katie Ledecky of Crew USA reacts after successful gold within the ladies’s 800-meter freestyle Closing on day eight of the Paris Olympic Video games on August 3, 2024, in Nanterre, France. (Eurasia Sport Photos/Getty Photos)
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Ledecky ranks second all-time for essentially the most Olympic medals of any athlete in any sport, with 14 after Saturday’s ultimate.
Just one individual has extra – Phelps, with 28 whole, together with 23 Olympic gold medals.
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