Katie Ledecky can still defend her longer distances. This time it was the 800-meter freestyle, a race Ledecky has dominated for a long time. She entered as the reigning three-time gold medalist in ...

Ledecky, who held off Ariarne Titmus to win the 800-meter freestyle Saturday night, tied a record previously held solely by Michael Phelps, who won gold in the 200-individual medley at Athens ...

Katie Ledecky has come through again winning her second gold medal in Paris in the women's 800-meter freestyle. The U.S. also won gold and a new world record in a relay race, edging out China.

NANTERRE, France — Katie Ledecky cannot be stopped. Ledecky won her ninth gold and 14th overall medal Saturday, taking the 800-meter freestyle and concluding her fourth Olympic Games in style ...

PARIS (AP) — U.S. swimmer Katie Ledecky won the women’s 800-meter freestyle in the 2024 Paris Games, earning her ninth Olympic gold medal. She joins Michael Phelps as the only swimmers to win ...

Katie Ledecky has experienced none of that in a transcendent career from age 15 to 27. She keeps swimming and winning. ... Putting two women on the 800 freestyle podium, one of them gold, ...

NANTERRE, France — Katie Ledecky is rewriting the history books. Again. On Saturday night, she took gold in the women’s 800-meter freestyle, her fourth consecutive Olympic gold medal in the event.

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, a nine-time Olympic gold medalist, ‘can’t stop smiling’ after breaking the 800-meter freestyle world record during the TYR Pro Swim Series on May 3. She previously set the ...

Katie Ledecky capped another stellar Olympics by becoming only the second swimmer to win an event at four straight Summer Games, holding off Ariarne Titmus to win the 800-meter freestyle Saturday ...

Katie Ledecky broke her own world record for the women's 800-meter freestyle during the TYR Pro Swim Series on May 3. The 14-time Olympic medalist finished .67 seconds ahead of the record she set ...