Ledecky wins record 13th medal with a silver in relay event
Updated: 3:53 PM CDT Aug 1, 2024
Ledecky wins record 13th medal with a silver in relay event
Updated: 3:53 PM CDT Aug 1, 2024
American swimmer Katie Ledecky uses *** truly dominating performance to win her first gold here at the Paris Olympics and to make history set an Olympic record with *** time of 1532 in the 1500 m race. She has now lost in 14 years. The decisive win also allows her to match the record for most Olympic medals ever won by *** woman with 12. She is also now tied with swimmer Jenny Thompson's record for the most Olympic gold medals by an American woman with eight and we're not done yet. Ledecky is the first female swimmer to win gold at four different Olympic Games named among that group. I mean, so many swimmers that I looked up to for so many years that have gotten me to this moment. So at the moment, I am trying to take it all in. So um definitely enjoying tonight and trying to soak in on every little bit of it. Um but once the once the week is over, I'll really be to process it all and Ledecky still has *** chance at more goals in more history as she said to race in the 800 m at the Paris Olympics. I'm Fletcher Mackel.
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Ledecky wins record 13th medal with a silver in relay event
Updated: 3:53 PM CDT Aug 1, 2024
With a silver in the 4x200-meter freestyle relay Thursday night, Ledecky collected the 13th medal of her stellar career to become the most decorated female in swimming history.She would've preferred it to be gold, but that went to an Australian squad led by gold medalists Mollie O'Callaghan and Ariarne Titmus.Still, in her next-to-last event of these games, Ledecky broke the mark she shared with fellow Americans Dara Torres, Natalie Coughlin and Jenny Thompson. The 27-year-old now has eight golds, four silvers and one bronze over four Olympics, with every intention of swimming on to Los Angeles in 2028.Ledecky has one more event, the 800 freestyle. She's the favorite for her fourth straight gold at that distance.
With a silver in the 4x200-meter freestyle relay Thursday night, Ledecky collected the 13th medal of her stellar career to become the most decorated female in swimming history.
She would've preferred it to be gold, but that went to an Australian squad led by gold medalists Mollie O'Callaghan and Ariarne Titmus.
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Still, in her next-to-last event of these games, Ledecky broke the mark she shared with fellow Americans Dara Torres, Natalie Coughlin and Jenny Thompson. The 27-year-old now has eight golds, four silvers and one bronze over four Olympics, with every intention of swimming on to Los Angeles in 2028.
Ledecky has one more event, the 800 freestyle. She's the favorite for her fourth straight gold at that distance.
