Ledecky 6th time World Champion at the same event
Katie Ledecky recorded her 6th consecutive World title in 800 m Freestyle. 26 yrs old American won with a time of 8:08.87 on the 7th day of World Aquatics 2023, Fukuoka Japan. She won this event in the 2013 World Championship. She became Olympic Champion at age 15, London,2012.“I never even dreamed of swimming at meets like this [when I was young],” said world record holder Katie Ledecky, who just won the sixth-straight world title in the women’s 800 freestyle. Ledecky was challenging her own world record at the start of the race, flipping in 1:58.29 at the 200-meter mark. Her 400 free split was 4:01.92, which would’ve been sixth in the individual 400 freestyle earlier in the meet.
Top 8:
- Katie Ledecky (USA) — 8:08.87
- Li Bingjie (CHN) — 8:13.31
- Ariarne Titmus (AUS) — 8:13.59
- Simona Quadarella (ITA) — 8:16.46
- Isabel Gose (GER) — 8:17.95
- Jillian Cox (USA) — 8:19.73
- Lani Pallister (AUS) — 8:21.33
- Erika Fairweather (NZL) — 8:28.21
She fell off her record pace, but there was no question that she was winning gold, she stopped the clock at 8:08.87, well ahead of the rest of the field.
Behind her, there was a tight race for second between Li Bingjie and Ariarne Titmus. At the touch, it was Li who earned the silver, out-touching Titmus 8:13.31 to 8:13.59. With that swim, Li set a new Asian record. Though she just missed out on silver, Titmus tied her Oceanic record that she set at the Tokyo Games.