Team USA sets new relay record at swim worlds and Ledecky wins again
Americans have won eight gold medals thus far at the 2025 World Aquatics Championships in Singapore, which ends Sunday.
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Americans have won eight gold medals thus far at the 2025 World Aquatics Championships in Singapore, which ends Sunday.
Katie Ledecky now has the top 10 performances all-time in the event, according to USA Swimming.
Reflecting on her historic 2024 Olympic Games in Paris, Katie Ledecky said she would love to compete at the 2028 Los Angeles Games.
Swim legend Katie Ledecky earned her 13th Olympic medal in the women's 4 x 200m freestyle relay on Thursday, making her the most decorated female U.S. Olympian of all time.
Katie Ledecky won her first gold medal at the Paris Olympics, claiming a record-tying 12th Olympic medal in women's swimming.
Katie Ledecky won bronze in the women's 400-meter freestyle, while Team USA won silver in the women's 4x100-meter freestyle.
President Biden awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the nation's highest civilian honor, to 19 recipients.
Ledecky won by nearly 4.5 seconds in her favorite distance, the 800-meter freestyle.
Ledecky tied a record with legend Phelps for the most individual world swimming titles.
"When something hurts that much, you want to see a great result like that," the star American swimmer said after breaking the record.
Olympic champion Missy Franklin still walks around the pool with a perpetual smile. But subpar performances over the past year have started to get under her skin a bit.
Olympic and world champions Missy Franklin, Katie Ledecky and Ryan Lochte are the leading nominees for USA Swimming's Golden Goggle awards.
