Katie Ledecky Closes Pro Swim Series With 800-Meter Free World Record
The post Katie Ledecky Closes Pro Swim Series With 800-Meter Free World Record appeared on BitcoinEthereumNews.com. FORT LAUDERDALE, FLORIDA – MAY 01: Katie Ledecky reacts after winning the 400m freestyle in 3 … More minutes, 56.81 seconds at a Tyr Pro Series meet in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. It’s her second-best time ever behind her 2016 Olympic swim of 3:56.46, which stood as the world record until 2022, on May 01, 2025 in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. (Photo by Carmen Mandato/Getty Images) Getty Images Katie Ledecky has done it again. Just a day after clocking the second-fastest 1500 freestyle of her career at the TYR Pro Swim Series in Fort Lauderdale (15:24.51), the 28-year-old followed up with her fastest 400 freestyle since the 2016 Rio Olympics. She posted a time of 3:56.81—the seventh-fastest in history and just shy of her lifetime best of 3:56.46. This swim now holds the record as the fastest 400 freestyle ever recorded by a woman on American soil. Ledecky came from behind in the race, trailing three-time Olympic champion Summer McIntosh until the final stretch. The two were neck and neck at the last flip turn, but Ledecky pulled ahead with a strong final 50 meters to secure the win. At the 2024 Paris Olympic Games, Australian Ariarne Titmus won the 400 freestyle with a time of 3:57.49, followed by Summer McIntosh in 3:58.37, and Katie Ledecky, who took bronze with a time of 4:00.86. That being said, Ledecky’s performance at the Pro Swim Series would have been fast enough to win gold in Paris. FORT LAUDERDALE, FLORIDA – MAY 03: Katie Ledecky sets a World Record in the Women’s 800m Freestyle … More Final at Fort Lauderdale Aquatic Center on May 03, 2025 in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. (Photo by Carmen Mandato/Getty Images) Getty Images But that wasn’t the only highlight of Ledecky’s performance in Fort Lauderdale. She closed the meet by breaking…
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FORT LAUDERDALE, FLORIDA – MAY 01: Katie Ledecky reacts after winning the 400m freestyle in 3 … More minutes, 56.81 seconds at a Tyr Pro Series meet in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. It’s her second-best time ever behind her 2016 Olympic swim of 3:56.46, which stood as the world record until 2022, on May 01, 2025 in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. (Photo by Carmen Mandato/Getty Images) Getty Images Katie Ledecky has done it again. Just a day after clocking the second-fastest 1500 freestyle of her career at the TYR Pro Swim Series in Fort Lauderdale (15:24.51), the 28-year-old followed up with her fastest 400 freestyle since the 2016 Rio Olympics. She posted a time of 3:56.81—the seventh-fastest in history and just shy of her lifetime best of 3:56.46. This swim now holds the record as the fastest 400 freestyle ever recorded by a woman on American soil. Ledecky came from behind in the race, trailing three-time Olympic champion Summer McIntosh until the final stretch. The two were neck and neck at the last flip turn, but Ledecky pulled ahead with a strong final 50 meters to secure the win. At the 2024 Paris Olympic Games, Australian Ariarne Titmus won the 400 freestyle with a time of 3:57.49, followed by Summer McIntosh in 3:58.37, and Katie Ledecky, who took bronze with a time of 4:00.86. That being said, Ledecky’s performance at the Pro Swim Series would have been fast enough to win gold in Paris. FORT LAUDERDALE, FLORIDA – MAY 03: Katie Ledecky sets a World Record in the Women’s 800m Freestyle … More Final at Fort Lauderdale Aquatic Center on May 03, 2025 in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. (Photo by Carmen Mandato/Getty Images) Getty Images But that wasn’t the only highlight of Ledecky’s performance in Fort Lauderdale. She closed the meet by breaking…
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