Katie Ledecky extended her 15-year win streak in the 1500m freestyle and broke career medal ties with Michael Phelps and Ryan Lochte at the World Swimming Championships on Tuesday. Ledecky earned her sixth title in the 1500m free and 22nd world title overall. She clocked 15 minutes, 26.44 seconds in Singapore, comfortably prevailing by 5.35 seconds over Italian Simona Quadarella. …
Read More »Nobody swims the 1500m freestyle better than Katie Ledecky. The American turned in yet another dominant performance Tuesday, winning the event at the World Aquatics Championships with one of her best times. Ledecky finished the race in 15:26:44. That was five seconds better than Simona Quadarella, who took silver Tuesday. Lani Pallister finished third. Advertisement Ledecky trailed Pallister early in …
Read More »The 2025 World Aquatics Championships are underway and Team USA got off to a slow start after several swimmers came down with a stomach bug. SwimSwam reported that a significant chunk of Team USA suffered from acute gastroenteritis at its pre-world championship training camp in Thailand. One coach with an athlete on the team described the amount of swimmers affected …
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