Ten-time Olympic medalist Kathleen Ledecky broke a second swimming world record in a week. The American recorded the world-best result in the women’s 800m freestyle at the World Cup competition in Indianapolis (USA).
The 25-year-old Kathleen Ledecky took the lead at the start and finished in 7:57.42 min, reducing nearly 2 seconds from the previous WR, set by the Spaniard Mireia Belmonte in 2013.
Canadian Summer McIntosh took second place with 8:07.12 min.
Katie Ledecky, who won a third consecutive gold in the 800m freestyle in Tokyo 2020 Olympics, also broke the record in the 1,500m freestyle a week ago.
Kathleen Ledecky is an American competitive swimmer. She has won seven Olympic gold medals and 19 world championship gold medals, the most in history for a female swimmer. v’s six individual gold medals at the Olympics, 14 individual gold medals at the World Aquatics Championships, and 22 overall medals at the World Aquatics Championships are records in women’s swimming. She is the world record holder in the women’s 800m and 1,500m freestyle (both long course and short course) as well as the former world record holder in the women’s 400-meter freestyle (long course).
