What you get is a group hug. “She was freaking out,” Ledecky said. ... When Ledecky won gold in the 800 freestyle in London, Titmus was 11, McIntosh 5. They were dreamers then.

American swimmer Katie Ledecky broke her own 800-meter freestyle world record by swimming 8:04.12 at the Tyr Pro Series meet in Fort Lauderdale, Fla., on Saturday. She set her previous record of 8 ...

Katie Ledecky sits on the pool deck with teammates during the women's 4x200-meter freestyle relay final at the 2024 Summer Olympics, Aug. 1, 2024. Author: PAUL NEWBERRY (AP National Writer) ...

That was the time it took Saturday night for Ledecky to lead wire-to-wire, pushed as expected by her rival and friend, Australian Ariarne Titmus, who won her second consecutive Olympic 800 silver ...

What you get is a group hug. Advertisement ... Ledecky’s best events — she owns the 16 best times in the 800 free and the 19 best times in the 1,500 free — are still to come.

With a silver in the 4×200-meter freestyle relay Thursday, American Katie Ledecky collected the 13th medal of her stellar career to become the most decorated female in swimming history.

Katie Ledecky and Gretchen Walsh broke their own world records on the last day of a Tyr Pro Series meet in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, on Saturday. Ledecky swam the fastest time in history in the 800m ...

Katie Ledecky sits on the pool deck with teammates during the women's 4x200-meter freestyle relay final at the 2024 Summer Olympics, Aug. 1, 2024. Author: PAUL NEWBERRY (AP National Writer) ...

Katie Ledecky produced a scintillating swim to break yet another world record on Saturday, this time in the women’s 800m freestyle, lowering the mark she set almost a decade ago at the 2016 Rio ...

Katie Ledecky sets a world record in the women's 800-meter freestyle final in the TYR Pro Swim Series at the Fort Lauderdale Aquatic Center on May 03, 2025 in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. Getty Images ...

Katie Ledecky sits on the pool deck with teammates during the women's 4x200-meter freestyle relay final at the 2024 Summer Olympics, Aug. 1, 2024. Author: PAUL NEWBERRY (AP National Writer) ...