Short Course World Cup
Ledecky sets a world record for the 1500m freestyle
Katie Ledecky swam in the Toronto short course world record in the 1500 meter freestyle. photo
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US swimmer Katie Ledecky smashed the short course world record in the 1500 meter freestyle at the Swimming World Cup in Toronto, Canada.
US swimmer Katie Ledecky smashed the short course world record in the 1500 meter freestyle at the Swimming World Cup in Toronto, Canada.
According to the World Swimming Association Fina, the 25-year-old hit in 15:08.24 minutes and was almost ten seconds faster than the German Sarah Wellbrock at the previous record. Wellbrock had set this up in 2019 at the German Short Course Championships under the name Köhler. In 2021 she married Olympic swimming champion Florian Wellbrock.
Ledecky is currently hard to beat on the longer freestyle distances. At the Swimming World Championships in Budapest in June, she won gold in the 400, 800 and 1500 meter freestyle. The American triumphed over the two longest distances by a huge margin. Ledecky has now won 14 individual gold medals at world championships. No swimmer has ever won that many before her.