U.S. swimmer Katie Ledecky wins 1,500m freestyle gold in Olympic record time

Katie Ledecky blitzed nan section to clasp her 1,500 meters freestyle title astatine nan Paris Olympics connected Wednesday, nan American iron-woman securing a record-equalling eighth golden badge successful nan sport.

World grounds holder Ledecky blew distant nan section successful nan grueling, 30-lap title astatine La Defense Arena, rubbing nan wall successful an Olympic grounds 15.30.02, much than 10 seconds up of France’s metallic medallist Anastasiia Kirpichnikova.

Germany’s Isabel Gose took bronze.

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Ledecky now shares nan grounds for astir Olympic golden medals successful women’s swimming pinch American Jenny Thompson, who won 8 relay titles complete 3 Olympics from 1992-2000.

Her postulation of Olympic medals now equals nan all-time grounds of 12 successful women’s swimming shared by Thompson, Americans Dara Torres and Natalie Coughlin, and Australian Emma McKeon.

(Reporting by Ian Ransom; Editing by Hugh Lawson)