U.S. star Katie Ledecky dominated the 1,500-meter freestyle final, tying the records for the most career Olympic medals and gold medals by a female swimmer. On the men’s side, French phenom Leon ...

At the 2024 Paris Games there might not have been an event with a more obvious favorite than Katie Ledecky and the women’s 1500m freestyle. The long-distance specialist owns the 19 fastest times in ...

Katie Ledecky dominated the 1,500-meter freestyle final Wednesday at the Paris Summer Olympics, which is certainly nothing out of the ordinary. Since appearing on the global stage Ledecky has ...

Eastern champion Ted Norris couldn't quite match Bill Heusner of Northwestern or Ralph Sala of Stanford in the 1500-meter freestyle race last night in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, in the twenty ...

Yahoo Sports’ Katie Hoff and Missy Franklin recap Wednesday’s swimming finals, highlighting Leon Marchand's two gold medals and Katie Ledecky's historic night. View more Hey, everyone. This is ...

The world record in the women’s 1,500-meter freestyle is Ledecky’s 15:20.48 from 2018; the best running match is 5,000 meters, where the world record is Ethiopian Letesenbet Gidney’s 14:06.62 from ...

Her swim for gold in the first-ever 1,500-meter freestyle race for women at the Olympics was as peaceful as 30 lengths of the pool can be. When it was over Wednesday morning and Ledecky crushed ...

Now he is the Gophers’ final remaining representative and will finish the last of his three events tonight – the 1,500-meter freestyle. Mortimer finished just short of the Olympics in his other races.

PARIS (Reuters) - Katie Ledecky blitzed the field to retain her 1,500 metres freestyle title at the Paris Olympics on Wednesday, the American iron-woman securing a record-equalling eighth gold ...

Ledecky, who became a breakout star at the Rio Olympics by taking home four golds and a silver, made a mockery of the field in the 1,500-meter freestyle heats, an event in which she already held ...