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The gold medal won by Katie Ledecky in the 800-meter freestyle at the 2012 Olympic Games in London was the race that started ...

Katie Ledecky swam the 13th-fastest time ever in the 800-meter freestyle, only she wasn’t racing the 800. She still had 700 meters to go. The American swimming star challenged her own unmatchable ...

Chinese swimmer Pan Zhanle rewrote history when he jumped into the pool for the men’s 100-meter freestyle swim on Wednesday. The Olympian broke the first world record in swimming events at the 2024 ...

A world record from Summer McIntosh and major strides in the top-10, the women's 400 freestyle is firmly a can't-miss event.

With 14 total medals — nine of them gold — Katie Ledecky is the most decorated female American athlete as well as the fifth most-decorated athlete in Olympic history. She started racking up the medals ...

Many consider Katie Ledecky to be the Michael Phelps of female swimmers with nine Olympic gold medals and 21 world championship gold medals to her name, each total accounting for the most in history ...

Singapore, Singapore - July 29: World Champion Katie Ledecky of USA competing in the Women 1500m Freestyle Final Swimming event on day 19 of the Singapore 2025 World Aquatics Championships at WCH ...

Stanford men’s swimming swept the first day of the PAC Invite this past weekend, building a 300-point lead in a dominant ...