Katie Ledecky continued to make historical past on the Paris Olympics by turning into the second swimmer in historical past to win an occasion at 4 straight Summer season Video games.
Ledecky, who held off Ariarne Titmus to win the 800-meter freestyle Saturday night time, tied a file beforehand held solely by Michael Phelps, who received gold within the 200-individual medley at Athens, Beijing, London and Rio de Janeiro.
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Ledecky claimed her first gold with a shock victory within the 800 free as a 15-year-old on the 2012 London Video games. She has dominated the grueling race ever since.
It was Ledecky’s second gold medal in Paris and ninth of her outstanding profession, which marked one other milestone.
She turned solely the sixth Olympian to succeed in that determine, becoming a member of swimmer Mark Spitz, monitor star Carl Lewis, Soviet gymnast Larisa Latynina and Finnish runner Paavo Nurmi in a tie for second place.
The one athlete to win extra golds is Phelps with 23.
Ledecky went sooner than her profitable time in Tokyo, touching in 8 minutes, 11.04 seconds. Titmus, the Australian star often known as the “Terminator,” was proper on her shoulder practically all the race, however Ledecky pulled away within the ultimate 100.
Titmus, who beat Ledecky within the 400 freestyle, settled for silver at 8:12.29. The bronze went to a different American, Paige Madden at 8:13.00.
U.S. units world file in blended relay
The US set a brand new world file within the 4×100 blended relay on Saturday, making up for a disappointing exhibiting in Paris to date.
Ryan Murphy, Nic Fink, Gretchen Walsh and Torri Huske held off China for a profitable time of three:37.43, breaking the mark of three:37.58 set by Britain when it received gold within the wild and woolly occasion’s Olympic debut three years in the past.
With every workforce selecting two males and two girls, the U.S. and China each went with their male swimmers within the first two legs.
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Murphy put the U.S. in entrance on the backstroke, China’s Qin Haiyang slipped previous Nic Fink on the breaststroke, however Walsh put the Individuals again in entrance on the butterfly earlier than Huske held off Yang Junxuan to safe the gold.
The Chinese language workforce, which additionally included Xu Jiayu and Zhang Yufei, took silver in 3:37.55. The bronze went to Australia in 3:38.76.
When the British received gold in 2021, the Individuals completed fifth. Britain was seventh this time.
Kate Douglass takes silver in 200 particular person medley
Kate Douglas added one other medal to her coffers on Saturday when she received silver within the 200-meter particular person medley.
The 2-time Olympian began robust however was chased down by 17-year-old Summer season McIntosh from Canada, who completed the race with an Olympic file of two:06.56.
The Individuals misplaced the bronze when Alex Walsh, the silver medalist on this occasion at Tokyo who recorded a time of two:07.06, was disqualified as a result of she didn’t end the backstroke phase on her again.
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It was a bitter blow for Walsh, whose youthful sister, Gretchen, has received a gold medal and two silvers in Paris.
Kaylee McKeown of Australia touched fourth and was bumped as much as the bronze at 2:08.08.
