It wasn't even close. Katie Ledecky blasted past her own world record in the 800-meter freestyle, leaving the rest of the field far in her wake as she's done so often in the Rio Olympics, winning her ...

RIO DE JANEIRO -- Katie Ledecky was racing nothing but the clock. It was no contest. The unassuming teenager from suburban Washington gave the United States its first swimming gold medal of the Rio ...

As 2025 ticks down, we’ll occasionally assess the past 11-plus months and select highlights from the year to showcase. Unquestionably, the women’s 800-meter freestyle offered a number of fireworks.

Katie Ledecky is not the next Michael Phelps. She is her own breed of dominance, smooth and sleek and lethal, particularly in distance events. Ledecky finished one of the most impressive individual ...

Australian Lani Pallister broke Katie Ledecky's short-course 800m freestyle world record by 3.42 seconds, one of five total world records on the final day of the World Aquatics Swimming World Cup.

RIO DE JANEIRO -- Katie Ledecky set an Olympic record Sunday in her preliminary heat of the women's 400-meter freestyle, falling 0.34 seconds shy of her own world record with a time of 3:58.71.