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Katie Ledecky wins gold in 1500m freestyle with new Olympic record
Stephanie De Lancey
Jul. 31, 2024 3:35 pm ET
(Updated: Jul. 31, 2024 11:59 pm ET)
https://www.nbcolympics.com/news/katie-ledecky-wins-gold-1500m-freestyle-new-olympic-record

At the 2024 Paris Games there might not have been an event with a more obvious favorite than Katie Ledecky and the women’s 1500m freestyle. The long-distance specialist owns the 19 fastest times in the event’s history and won the 1500m in its debut in Tokyo. In a race that often goes viral for photos of Ledecky being so far in front of her competitors that they’re out of frame, it wasn’t a question of if she’d win the race but by how much.

Ledecky finished with a time of 15:30.02, an Olympic record and ten seconds better than the next finisher,