Watch as Team USA swimmer Katie Ledecky wins the 1500m freestyle final, and breaks her own Olympic record doing so.
Katie Ledecky struck gold in the women's 1500m freestyle final at the 2024 Paris Games on Wednesday, breaking her own Olympic record.
She set a new record with a time of 15:30.02, and touched the wall over 10 seconds faster than second-place finisher Anastasiya Kirpichnikova of France (15:40.35).
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Ledecky, who trains in Gainesville at the University of Florida, now owns the 20 fastest times in the event.
This is Ledecky's eighth gold medal, tying with Jenny Thompson for the most Olympic golds ever won by an American woman.
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