Katie Ledecky won her record-tying eighth Olympic gold medal on Wednesday, taking home the victory in the women's 1500-meter freestyle on Wednesday.
Make that eight-time Olympic gold medalist Katie Ledecky. The 27-year-old tied Jenny Thompson for the most Olympic gold medals in women's swimming history after taking home the 1,500-meter on Wednesday. She set an Olympic record time of 15:30.02 in her dominant win. It was also her 12th medal overall, tying Thompson and Emma McKeon for the most in Olympic history in women's swimming.
Ledecky was well ahead early on, getting out to a lead of over three seconds a quarter of the way through. At the 1200-meter mark, it had gone up to nearly eight seconds. It wound up being a double-digit second victory. She also won the event in Tokyo. The lead got so far that cameras had to zoom out just to show the next-fastest swimmer. Entering Wednesday, she had one medal in these games, taking home the bronze in the women's 400m freestyle.
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