August 2, 2024; Nanterre, France; Katie Ledecky (USA) throughout the ladies’s 800m freestyle preliminaries of the 2024 Paris Summer time Olympics at La Défense Stadium in Paris. Necessary Credit score: Rob Schumacher-USA TODAY Sports activities PARIS — Katie Ledecky received a record-tying ninth profession gold medal on the Paris Olympics on Saturday, capturing an unprecedented fourth ladies’s 800-meter freestyle title.
The American nice hit the wall at La Défense Enviornment in 8 minutes 11.04 seconds, 1.25 seconds forward of Australian silver medalist Ariane Titmus.
Paige Madden received bronze for Crew USA.
Ledecky’s ninth gold medal in 4 Olympics tied her with former Soviet gymnast Larisa Latynina for the all-time document for a feminine Olympian.
She additionally joins American nice Michael Phelps as the one swimmers to win 4 Olympic gold medals in the identical occasion.
Ledecky, 27, additionally received gold within the 1,500-meter freestyle occasion earlier this week. She received her first gold medal in London in 2012, adopted by 4 gold medals in Rio and two extra in Tokyo.
——Reuters, particularly for reside media
