Michael Phelps Katie Ledecky Ariarne Titmus Kaylee Mackeown Usa Australia Tokyo county White Budapest freestyle Swimming Michael Phelps Katie Ledecky Ariarne Titmus Kaylee Mackeown Usa Australia Tokyo county White Budapest

Katie Ledecky completes 4-for-4 swim worlds with 5-peat

nbcsports.com

BUDAPEST — Katie Ledecky won all four of her events at the world swimming championships, capping it with an unprecedented fifth consecutive title in her trademark event, the 800m freestyle.

She clocked 8 minutes, 8.04 seconds, prevailing by 10.73 seconds over Australian Kiah Melverton. Ledecky now has the 27 fastest times in history in the event.

This one was the fifth fastest and her best since 2018. SWIMMING WORLDS: TV Schedule | Results | U.S.

Roster Ledecky became the first swimmer to win five consecutive world titles in an individual event. Her 19th career world gold medal broke her tie with Ryan Lochte for the second-most in history behind Michael Phelps (26).

Related News
Fox News Flash top headlines are here. Check out what's clicking on Foxnews.com.
BUDAPEST — The U.S. shattered the record for world swimming championships medals, winning eight more on the final day to finish with 45.
Fox News Flash top headlines are here. Check out what's clicking on Foxnews.com.
BUDAPEST :Swede Sarah Sjostrom continued her domination of the women's 50m butterfly when she claimed gold at the swimming world championships on Friday while home favourite Kristof Milak added to his 200m butterfly crown with victory in the 100m butterfly.
Canadian teenager Josh Liendo is back on the podium at worlds.
BUDAPEST: After Caeleb Dressel, one of the veterans expected to dominate the World Swimming Championships, quit the competition on Wednesday, two teenagers, 17-year-old David Popovici and Summer McIntosh, 15, leapt to the top step of the podium.

Latest News

Change privacy settings
This page might use cookies if your analytics vendor requires them.