Katie ledecky breaks the world record for the 1,500-meter race by nearly 10 seconds
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U.S. Olympian swimmer Katie Ledecky has beaten the world record for the 1,500-meter freestyle race by nearly 10 seconds. At the Swimming World Cup in Toronto on Saturday, Ledecky clocked in
at 15 minutes and eight seconds, besting the 15 minutes and 18 seconds record set by Germany's Sarah Wellbrock in 2019. "I knew that that record was in reach, just based on some
things I've done in training, especially my distance stuff has felt really good this fall," she said. "So I felt locked into a pace and fell off a little bit toward the end
probably ... but I held it together enough to get the job done." Ledecky, 25, has the most Olympic gold medals of any female swimmer, at seven. On Sunday, she also came close to beating
the world record for the 800-meter freestyle race at eight minutes. The record is seven minutes and 59 seconds. Still, she broke the U.S. record for the event. Copyright 2022 NPR. To see
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