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Fired Up' Ledecky Sets World Mark Again
The Straits Times
|May 05, 2025
Katie Ledecky broke her long-standing world record in the 800m freestyle and Gretchen Walsh lowered her 100m butterfly world mark twice in a day as the Tyr Pro Swim Series in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, concluded on May 3.
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Nine-gold Olympic champion Ledecky clocked 8min 4.12sec to win the 800m freestyle - the event that catapulted her to stardom when she won it at the 2012 London Games when she was 15.
The 28-year-old improved on the previous record of 8:04.79 that she set at the Rio de Janeiro Olympics on Aug 12, 2016. Jillian Cox was second, 19.46sec back in 8:23.58. Claire Weinstein was third in 8:26.06.
The performance capped a stellar week for Ledecky, who hadn't broken a long-course world record since 2018.
"I can't stop smiling. It has been so many years in the making to do it tonight.
"I flipped at the 750 and it was loud in here and I just told myself I'm not letting this opportunity go to waste and started sprinting," she said.
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