Katie Ledecky wins gold in 1500m freestyle with new Olympic record
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Ledecky won the women’s 1500m final with a time of 15:30.02, an Olympic record and ten seconds better than the next finisher, for her eighth career Olympic gold medal to tie swimming great Jenny Thompson for the most Olympic gold medals by an American women. She also tied Thompson, Natalie Coughlin, and Dara Torres for the most medals all time (12) by any U.S. woman in history.
