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WOMEN’S 1500 FREE (FIRST HEAT)
Meet record: 15:55.01, Kate Ziegler (USA)
American record: 15:34.23, Katie Ledecky
Australian record: 16:01.53, Melissa Gorman
Canadian record: 16:07.73 Brittany Reimer
Japanese record: 15:58.55 Ai Shibata
Australia All-comers record: 15:53.05 Kate Ziegler (USA)
With her fifth World Record of the summer, Katie Ledecky drops six second to improve her World Record to 15:28.36! To put that in perspective, the world record at this time last year was still 15:42, and she would have finished 18th at the US National Championships in the men’s 1500 meter freestyle.
The silver medal went to Lauren Boyle of New Zealand at 15:55.69. Brittany Maclean of Canada claimed the bronze with her time of 15:57.15. Cierra Runge finished fourth at 16:04.48.
That’s great sportsmanship – waiting for everyone else to finish swimming the 1500 before getting back in the water.
This might be my favorite comment of the week. 🙂
Is it Mel on the right side captured by the camera ? It seems so …. HI MEL , how are u ?
don’t think phelps did what ledecky did when he was her age (four world records).. in any case she is an effing machine wow
He broke 8 as an 18 yo though…
well deserved.
That’s not a very long break haha. She seems very driven – probably wants to get right back into it!