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That night, Ledecky lowered the record again, setting the first world record ever at the new Gold Coast Aquatic Center with a time of 3:58.37. Ledecky swam the second half of the race faster than the first, completing the final 800 meters in 8:14.11—faster than any other woman has completed a regular 800-meter race in a textile suit.During the championships' closing ceremonies, Ledecky was named the female swimmer of the meet.Ledecky began the World Championships by winning gold in the On the third day of competition during the morning session, Ledecky swam in the heats of the In her only event on the fourth day of competition, the 200-meter freestyle, Ledecky won her third gold medal of the meet, winning in a time of 1:55.16.

On the meet's first day, she recorded the team's fastest split to lower the 800-yard freestyle relay record to 6:45.91 with Manuel, Neal, and Eastin.Following the season, Ledecky became the first freshman in 35 years to receive the At the 2017 US National Championships, the qualifying meet for the In Budapest, Ledecky broke the World Aquatics Championships' all-time female gold medal record, winning five golds and one silver to bring her career title total to 14.

Unlike her other races, it was not an easy win for Ledecky, which featured the likes of On the fifth day of competition, Ledecky, with Missy Franklin, On the seventh day of competition, Ledecky completed her World Championships run by winning gold in the Ledecky began 2016 at the Arena Pro Swim Series at Austin. Still recovering from illness, Ledecky qualified second the next day for the final of the 800-meter freestyle. Posted on February 8, 2018 by Michael Schuerlein. The next morning, Ledecky struggled through her preliminary heat of the 1500-meter freestyle despite qualifying first for the event's final. Tweet Like Share LinkedIn. Her mother is of Irish descent. Ok, great. At the Texas A&M Invitational in November 2017, Ledecky lowered her American and U.S. Open mark in the 1650-yard freestyle with a time of 15:03.31.Following another undefeated dual meet season, Ledecky earned Swimmer of the Meet honors for the second straight year at the Pac-12 Championships in Federal Way, sweeping the 500-yard freestyle, 400-yard individual medley, and 200-yard freestyle. She subsequently announced her withdrawal from the 1500 and 200-meter freestyle due to illness.Ledecky returned to competition three days later to swim the final of the women's 4x200-meter freestyle relay. And she hasn’t even started college yet.

She is clearly the best women’s swimmer in America and is perhaps the best overall athlete representing Team USA. Entering the water with a 2.88-second deficit, Ledecky swam the fourth-fastest relay split in history (1:53.84), nearly overtaking Australian On the third day, Ledecky defeated Titmus wire-to-wire in the 400-meter freestyle.Ledecky concluded the championships with another gold medal in the 1500-meter freestyle, winning by a margin of 21.11-seconds (15:38.97). Fifty-two percent of SwimSwam.com readers voted Ledecky the top swimmer of the decade, ahead of Michael Phelps. She reset her American, NCAA, and U.S. Open records in the 800-yard freestyle relay, 500-yard freestyle, and 400-yard freestyle relay and won a meet-best five race titles overall.

Despite being in season and swimming multiple events, Ledecky was able to first break the world record in the 1500-meter freestyle with a time of 15:34.23,At the 2014 US National Championships, the qualifying meet for both the In the 200-meter freestyle final, Ledecky had over a half-second lead on the field at the halfway point before winning by 1.46 seconds with a meet record time of 1:55.74. In winning the 400 through 1500-meter titles, she became the second woman ever to win the events in a World Championships since German In her third, and first relay event of her international career, the Ledecky scored more points than any other swimmer to earn the FINA trophy for best female swimmer of the meet.Ledecky began the year by breaking her own world records in the 800- and 1500-meter freestyle at the 2014 Woodlands Swim Team Senior Invitational in June. You may not know me, and that’s fine. An Open Letter to Jon Ledecky. On the third day of competition, Ledecky defended her On the fourth day of competition, Ledecky tied for silver in the During the 2017–18 NCAA season, Ledecky set another three NCAA records and two American records while helping lead Stanford to its second straight team title.

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