Ledecky celebrates new TYR deal with ‘sizzling’ 200m freestyle win
LOS ANGELES, June 9, (AFP): Five-time Olympic champion Katie Ledecky clocked the fastest 200m freestyle time in the world this year, hours after announcing she’d inked her first professional sponsorship deal with TYR.
Ledecky has broken 14 world records and won six Olympic medals, but the 21-year-old didn’t turn professional until after the NCAA collegiate championships
In Friday’s Pro Swim meeting sponsored by TYR, Ledecky won the 200m free in 1 minute, 54.56 seconds.
That improved on the previous best of 2018, the 1:54.81 set by Canadian Taylor Ruck at the Commonwealth Games in April.
Melanie Margalis was a distant second in 1:57.99.
“That’s exactly where I was hoping to be,” Ledecky said. “I felt like I could go a 1:54 tonight, after going a 55 this morning. I just wanted to put together a really great race and make some adjustments off of this morning’s swim.”
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eighth, powering Los Angeles past Minnesota.
Blake Parker pitched a perfect ninth inning for his sixth save in seven attempts, capping a strong finish for the Angels after a rough start before the game with the news that two-way rookie sensation Shohei Ohtani has an elbow injury and will be out for at least three weeks. Cardinals 7, Reds 6, 10 Innings In Cincinnati, Jose Martinez homered twice off Matt Harvey, and Jedd Gyorko singled home the tiebreaking run in the 10th inning as St. Louis beat Cincinnati for the 12th straight time.
The Cardinals haven’t dominated the Reds so completely since beating them 12 straight from 1931-32.
St Louis has won its last 10 games at Great American Ball Park. The Cardinals blew a two-run lead in the ninth before extending the streak.
Bud Norris (3-1) was warming up to pitch the ninth when a downpour prompted a 36-minute delay. Norris then gave up four hits, including RBI singles by Joey Votto and Jesse Winker.
Dodgers 7, Braves 3 In Los Angeles, Walker Buehler dominated before being pulled with rib soreness, and Los Angeles overcame another blow to their injury-depleted pitching staff by hitting five home runs.
Yasmani Grandal went deep twice, and Joc Pederson, Max Muncy and Cody Bellinger also homered to help the Dodgers win their sixth in seven games despite a decimated rotation. They’re already without Clayton Kershaw, Rich Hill, Kenta Maeda, HyunJin Ryu and Dennis Santana, and now they may be without Buehler, too.
The rookie right-hander was perfect through four innings and still cruising with one out in the sixth when manager Dave Roberts and trainer Nathan Lucero went to the mound. After a lengthy discussion, Buehler (4-1) was pulled.
Athletics 7, Royals 2 In Oakland, California, Frankie Montas pitched shutout ball into the eighth inning to win his third straight start since being called up from the minors and Khris Davis homered twice to lead Oakland.
Dustin Fowler also homered and Jonathan Lucroy drove in three runs to help the A’s send the Royals to their sixth straight loss and drop them to a season-worst 22 games under .500.
Montas (3-0) was the beneficiary of the big night from Oakland’s bats even if he didn’t need much help. He followed up his eight scoreless innings in a win at Kansas City last Friday night with another sharp outing. He allowed six hits and held Kansas City scoreless until Mike Moustakas hit a two-run homer with two outs in the eighth.