American Katie Ledecky set a world short-course record in the 1,500-meter freestyle on Saturday at a FINA World Cup meet in Toronto.
Ledecky, in her first event of the season, won the final in 15mins 8.24secs to break the old mark of 15:18:01 set by Germany’s Sarah Wellbrock in 2019 at Berlin.
Brazil’s Beatriz Dizotti was second in 15:48.82 with Canada’s Laila Oravsky third in 16:16.86.
Ledecky set the long-course world record in the 1,500 free of 15:20.48 in 2018 at Indianapolis.
On Saturday, Ledecky also finished second in the 200 free to Hong Kong’s Siobhan Bernadette Haughey, who won in 1:51.13 with the 25-year-old US star next in 1:52.31.
Ledecky has won seven gold medals at the Olympics and taken 19 world titles in her career, the most for any female swimmer in history.
Author
World Cup News
-
Football
/ 1 month agoSpain Prime Minister says football boss apology over kiss ‘insufficient’
Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez on Tuesday blasted as “insufficient” the apology given by...
By AFP -
Football
/ 1 month agoSpain World Cup hero Carmona pays tribute to father who died before final
Spain’s Women’s World Cup hero Olga Carmona paid tribute to her father on Monday...
-
Football
/ 1 month agoWatch: Spain’s Hermoso defends Rubiales kiss at Women’s World Cup
Spain midfielder Jenni Hermoso defended Spanish football federation president Luis Rubiales after he came...
By AFP -
Football
/ 1 month agoWorld Cup showcases progress but also challenges for women’s football
Sunday’s World Cup final between England and Spain is the final act of a...
By AFP