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Katie Ledecky swam the second-fastest 1500m freestyle in history to extend a win streak dating to 2010 in the event, winning her heat by 39 seconds on the first day of a Tyr Pro Series meet in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, on Wednesday.
Ledecky, who owns the 22 fastest times in history in the event, clocked 15 minutes, 24.51 seconds on the first day of the four-day meet. The only faster time in history is her world record of 15:20.48 from 2018.
Her last 1500m free defeat came when she was 13 years old — to a 17-year-old Kaitlin Pawlowicz at the July 2010 Potomac Valley Championships in her native Maryland.
“She was leading and her cap came off,” Pawlowicz said in 2016 of the 2010 race, according to Yahoo Sports.
SWIMMING: Full Results | Broadcast Schedule
The Fort Lauderdale meet continues Thursday with finals at 6 p.m. ET, live on Peacock.
Ledecky, who owns 14 Olympic medals, including nine golds, is entered in the 400m free on Thursday. As is Canadian Summer McIntosh, who won three individual golds at the Paris Games.
McIntosh and Ledecky are the second- and third-fastest women in history in the 400m free and took silver and bronze, respectively, in the event in Paris behind world record holder Ariarne Titmus of Australia.
The Fort Lauderdale meet also includes France's Leon Marchand, who won four individual golds in Paris, and the other individual American gold medalists from Paris: Bobby Finke, Torri Huske and Kate Douglass.
Fort Lauderdale marks the last Pro Series meet before the U.S. Championships from June 3-7 in Indianapolis, where the team will be determined for the World Championships in July and August in Singapore.
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Ledecky, who owns the 22 fastest times in history in the event, clocked 15 minutes, 24.51 seconds on the first day of the four-day meet. The only faster time in history is her world record of 15:20.48 from 2018.
Her last 1500m free defeat came when she was 13 years old — to a 17-year-old Kaitlin Pawlowicz at the July 2010 Potomac Valley Championships in her native Maryland.
“She was leading and her cap came off,” Pawlowicz said in 2016 of the 2010 race, according to Yahoo Sports.
SWIMMING: Full Results | Broadcast Schedule
The Fort Lauderdale meet continues Thursday with finals at 6 p.m. ET, live on Peacock.
Ledecky, who owns 14 Olympic medals, including nine golds, is entered in the 400m free on Thursday. As is Canadian Summer McIntosh, who won three individual golds at the Paris Games.
McIntosh and Ledecky are the second- and third-fastest women in history in the 400m free and took silver and bronze, respectively, in the event in Paris behind world record holder Ariarne Titmus of Australia.
The Fort Lauderdale meet also includes France's Leon Marchand, who won four individual golds in Paris, and the other individual American gold medalists from Paris: Bobby Finke, Torri Huske and Kate Douglass.
Fort Lauderdale marks the last Pro Series meet before the U.S. Championships from June 3-7 in Indianapolis, where the team will be determined for the World Championships in July and August in Singapore.
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