Katie Ledecky

Katie Ledecky took gold in the 1500m freestyle for her 17th career world medal at the world swimming championships on Monday, tying Natalie Coughlin for the ...

Ledecky clocked 15 minutes, 30.15 seconds to bag her fourth world title in the 1500m on Monday. 16-year-old Katie Grimes took silver, 14.74 seconds back. Katie Ledecky took gold in the 1500m freestyle for her 17th career world medal at the world swimming championships on Monday, tying Natalie Coughlin for the female record. Ledecky is now a four-time world champion in the 1500m free, and has earned the 13 fastest times in history in the event, including the world record of 15:20.48. Her time on Monday was 8.73 seconds faster than any swimmer in history.

On Monday, swimming superstar Katie Ledecky won gold in the 1500-meter freestyle at the 2022 World Championships by a staggering 14 seconds.

"Katie Ledecky is so dominant she finishes races without another competitor even in the frame," tweeted The Gist USA. Few have dominated the sport of swimming like the maginificent Katie Ledecky. Look: Screenshot Of Katie Ledecky's Win Is Going Viral

Stanford women's swimming alumna Katie Ledecky earned her 20th world medal on Monday, tying California alumna Natalie Coughlin for the most all-time.

Ledecky's 17 gold medals at World Championships are the most all-time. Ledecky earned gold in the women's 1,500-meter freestyle at the 19th FINA World Championships in Budapest. Her time of 15:30.15 was almost 15 seconds faster than second-place Katie Grimes. Stanford women's swimming alumna Katie Ledecky earned her 20th world medal on Monday, tying California alumna Natalie Coughlin for the most all-time.

Katie Ledecky finished her 1500-meter freestyle race 14 seconds ahead of her competition on Monday. After the win, the American star had to wait in the ...

- Best Smartwatches That feat was a bit easier without her biggest competition in the field. "I feel like just yesterday I was in Barcelona at my first worlds," Ledecky said.

It was one of the more memorable moments to come out of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games, a race that saw rivals Ariarne Titmus and Katie Ledecky battle it out ...

Speaking about the athlete’s influence on her own career, Titmus said of Ledecky: “I can’t put myself up next to her. Widely considered the greatest individual female swimmer in Olympic history, Ledecky won the 800m freestyle Olympic gold in London at just 15 years old. Now, the star swimmer has added yet another gold medal to her already vast collection with a record 17th world championship title from the 1500m freestyle.

The 25-year-old is now a 17-time world champion and remains undefeated in the 1500m. Ledecky earlier this week defended her 400m freestyle crown — having missed ...

Titmus skipped the world championships to focus on the Commonwealth Games, beginning July 28. The numbers from Ledecky’s swim are crazy. Dressel had swum in Tuesday morning’s heats in the 100 free, finishing second fastest to Romanian teenage sensation David Popovici. Dressel won the event at the last two world championships and at last year’s Olympics. “Whether Dressel is there or not I will stand there and do everything I can in the 100 fly for a gold or a silver or a world record, this is all my focus,” Milak said after winning the 200m butterfly in a world record. Without Titmus, Ledecky had missed her biggest potential headline moment of the meet, but she created one for herself with a swim in the 1500m that has left the world in awe. The American legend proved it again at the swimming world championships in Budapest on Tuesday, finishing the women’s 1500m with none of her competitors in the same TV frame.

The olympian competed alongside 16-year-old American swimmer, Katie Grimes, who won silver in Monday's race.

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Katie Ledecky broke the female record with her 21st career world swimming championships medal, a gold as part of the U.S. 4x200m freestyle relay team.

Popovici won the 100m in 47.58, edging Frenchman Maxime Grousset by six hundredths. — NBC Olympics (@NBCOlympics)June 22, 2022 McIntosh claimed the world title in the women’s 200m fly with a record time of 2:05.2.#FINABudapest2022 pic.twitter.com/u0WVDiqKG4 — NBC Olympics (@NBCOlympics)June 22, 2022 Earlier, 15-year-old Canadian Summer McIntosh became the youngest individual world championships gold medalist since 2011 (Ye Shiwen), taking the 200m butterfly in a world junior record 2:05.20. American Hali Flickinger earned silver, just as she did at the 2019 Worlds. Ledecky broke her tie with Natalie Coughlin for the most medals in world championships history for a woman.

Katie Ledecky and Team USA won gold in the women's 4x200-meter freestyle relay at the 2022 FINA World Aquatics Championships in Budapest, Hungary, ...

She won individual gold medals in the 400-meter freestyle and 1,500-meter freestyle. While Ledecky won gold in the 4x200-meter freestyle relay at the 2013, 2015 and 2017 world championships, as well as the 2016 Summer Olympics, the event had become a frustration for her. Australia beat out Ledecky and the Americans for 4x200m gold at the 2019 world championships, and China defeated them at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics. Ledecky has won gold in each of the three events she has competed in at the 2022 world championships. Ledecky teamed with Leah Smith, Claire Weinstein and Bella Sims as the United States won a medal at the event for a 10th consecutive world championships and gold for the fifth time in the past six world championships. Katie Ledecky and Team USA won gold in the women's 4x200-meter freestyle relay at the 2022 FINA World Aquatics Championships in Budapest, Hungary, on Wednesday.