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Katie Ledecky reflects connected Paris Olympic Games
Swimming superstar Katie Ledecky added to her long-list of bonzer accomplishments Saturday erstwhile she broke her ain satellite grounds successful the 800-meter freestyle astatine the TYR Pro Swim Series successful Fort Lauderdale, Florida.
The 28-year-old Ledecky acceptable a caller people of 8 minutes, and 4.12 seconds, besting the erstwhile people she acceptable astir 9 years agone astatine the 2016 Rio Olympics by 0.67 seconds.
According to USA Swimming, Ledecky present has the apical 10 performances all-time successful the event.
Katie Ledecky sets a satellite grounds successful the women's 800-meter freestyle last successful the TYR Pro Swim Series astatine the Fort Lauderdale Aquatic Center connected May 03, 2025 successful Fort Lauderdale, Florida.
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In past year's Paris Olympics, Ledecky earned 4 medals, including a golden successful the 800 free, and became lone the 2nd swimmer ever to instrumentality golden successful an lawsuit astatine 4 consecutive Summer Olympics, joining rarified aerial with Michael Phelps, who won golden successful the 200-individual medley 4 consecutive times.
In Paris, she besides became the astir decorated pistillate American Olympian of all-time with 14 medals --- 9 gold, 4 metallic and 1 bronze --- and carried the American emblem astatine the closing ceremonies.
"There are galore days that are hard," she told CBS Mornings past September. "There are galore races that are challenging, but I emotion it. I emotion being with my teammates. I emotion mounting goals for myself and pursuing them."
Mary Cunningham, Kelsie Hoffman and Elizabeth Campbell contributed to this report.
Faris Tanyos is simply a quality exertion for CBSNews.com, wherever helium writes and edits stories and tracks breaking news. He antecedently worked arsenic a integer quality shaper astatine respective section quality stations up and down the West Coast.
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