Katie Ledecky Posts World-Leading 800 Free at Mesa Pro Series

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Women’s 800 Free

Katie Ledecky continued to reign over the distance events with a top showing in the 800 free. Ledecky, the Olympic gold medalist in this event, posted a sizzling 8:15.44 to blast up world rankings for 2017. The previous world leading time was an 8:23.08 set by Ariarne Titmus at the Australian Championships in Brisbane.

Fellow distance queen, Leah Smith, delivered a second place finish of 8:27.55, moving her to seventh in the world rankings for 2017.

Sierra Schmidt posted a third place finish of 8:45.45, followed by Taylor Ault and her time of 8:49.41.

Hayley McIntosh delivered a time of 8:52.72 to finish fifth overall, while Mallory Comerford claimed sixth with an 8:53.89 from an earlier heat.

Mariah Denigan and Riley Spitser posted times of 8:58.76 and 9:00.69 from earlier heats to finish seventh and eighth.

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Amr Mohaameed

7 years ago

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Georgean Wegrzyn

7 years ago

Smoke on the water

Thomas A. Small

7 years ago

Congratulations

Connie Sharpe Ruohomaki

7 years ago

This looks like a painful stroke.

Marina Sinclair

7 years ago

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