Ledecky nabs 17th title to extend swimming record

Katie Ledecky led an American onetwo and won her fourth 1,500-meter freestyle title at the world swimming championships on Monday. The victory was her record-extending 17th world title.

Ledecky never looked threatened and clocked 15:30.15 – just under 10 seconds more than her world record from 2018 – to finish 14.74 seconds ahead of Katie Grimes.

Ledecky punched the water in delight before waiting to embrace her teammate.

The 16-year-old Grimes is the second youngest medalist in the 1,500 at a worlds since Ledecky won it for the first time in 2013.

Ledecky also won in 2015 and 2017 and has at least four world titles in the each of the 1,500, 800 and 400-meter freestyle events.

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