American Katie Ledecky broke his own 800 meter freestyle world record In 8 minutes 4.12 seconds to the Tire Pro Series meeting in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, finding its best shape before the world championships.
Ledecky has improved its previous brand of 8: 04.79 Set nearly a decade to Rio's game agoS many thought they were surviving her career and she got her fists on the water in an emotional celebration after seeing her time.
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It was the sixth time that Ledecky has set a new brand in the event. She took the file of Rebecca Adlington in 2013.
Katie Ledecky could barely believe her stay in Fort Lauderdale (Getty Images)
Record swimming has crowned an extraordinary performance series for the 28 -year -old, The most decorated Olympic swimmerWho posted his second smaller free time of 400m on Thursday – his best in nine years and the second free time in history on Wednesday.
The hot sequence is a welcome sign for Ledecky, which swept the 800m and 1,500m games in the 2024 Paris and Tokyo 2020 games, before the world championships which take place from July 11 to August 3 in Singapore.
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The last world record in Ledecky before Saturday came to the 1500m freestyle in May 2018.
Earlier on Saturday, the compatriot of Ledecky, Gretchen Walsh, broke his own world record of 100 meters of butterfly, recording 55.09 seconds.
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