Team USA and Olympics fans were in awe of Katie Ledecky when she won her 1500m heat swimming race on Tuesday after building up a massive lead.
For the first time since winning a bronze medal in the 400m freestyle, Katie Ledecky on Tuesday returned to the pool to swim in the women's 1500m freestyle heats.
It wasn't too surprising to see that Ledecky, the 2023 world champion and defending gold medalist from Tokyo in the 1500m, won her heat andsurprising to some was just how big of a lead Ledecky had in the race. The USA swimming star had set such a blistering pace that she, at one point, was alone on the television screen, looking as if she was swimming by herself.She has a 25 metre lead on the rest of the field in the 1500m. Look at this. Half a pool lead.
It’s her race. It’s her world. She is the greatest ever. What a pleasure to watch another world class performance.Ledecky finished with a time of 15:47:43, nearly 20 seconds ahead of China's Li Bingjie, who finished at 16:05:26. Wednesday's 1500m freestyle final figures to be a much closer race, given that three other swimmers clocked in under 16 minutes in their respective heats.
However, Ledecky, who hasn't lost a race in the 1500m in 14 years, will be the heavy favorite to take home gold in the final on Wednesday at 3:13 p.m. ET.Tim Capurso is a staff writer on the Breaking and Trending News team at Sports Illustrated. Prior to joining SI in November 2023, he wrote for RotoBaller and ClutchPoints, where he was the lead editor for MLB, college football and NFL coverage.
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