{"id":147707,"date":"2015-08-03T02:14:35","date_gmt":"2015-08-03T09:14:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/?p=147707"},"modified":"2015-08-03T02:15:50","modified_gmt":"2015-08-03T09:15:50","slug":"katie-ledecky-blasts-1500-free-world-record-in-prelims-at-2015-fina-world-championships","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/katie-ledecky-blasts-1500-free-world-record-in-prelims-at-2015-fina-world-championships\/","title":{"rendered":"Katie Ledecky Blasts 1500 Free World Record in Prelims at 2015 FINA World Championships"},"content":{"rendered":"

The astonishing dominance of Katie Ledecky<\/strong> in the distance freestyle continued as she cut half-a-second off her world record in the women’s 1500-meter free during prelims at the 2015 FINA World Championships.<\/p>\n

Ledecky raced her way to a 15:27.71 this morning to break her own world record of 15:28.36 set at the 2014 Pan Pacific Championships.<\/p>\n

Comparative Splits<\/strong>
\nName, Time, Year, 50, 100, 150, 200, 250, 300, 350, 400, 450, 500, 550, 600, 650, 700, 750, 800, 850, 900, 950, 1000, 1050, 1100, 1150, 1200, 1250, 1300, 1350, 1450, 1500<\/p>\n

Katie Ledecky, 15:28.36, 2014:<\/strong><\/p>\n

28.56, 59.34 (30.78), 1:30.41 (31.07), 2:01.85 (31.44), 2:32.89 (31.04), 3:04.03 (31.14),\u00a03:35.23 (31.20), 4:06.57 (31.34), 4:37.74 (31.17), 5:09.13 (31.39), 5:40.41 (31.28), 6:11.76 (31.35),\u00a06:42.96 (31.20), 7:14.25 (31.29), 7:45.55 (31.30), 8:16.90 (31.35), 8:47.98 (31.08), 9:19.11 (31.13),\u00a09:50.07 (30.96), 10:20.96 (30.89), 10:52.08 (31.12), 11:23.08 (31.00), 11:53.81 (30.73),\u00a012:24.95 (31.14), 12:55.66 (30.71), 13:26.65 (30.99), 13:57.56 (30.91), 14:28.52 (30.96),\u00a014:59.37 (30.85), 15:28.36 (28.99)<\/p>\n

Katie Ledecky, 15:27.71, 2015:<\/strong><\/p>\n

28.56, 59.09 (30.53), 1:30.41 (31.32), 2:01.83 (31.42), 2:33.05 (31.22), 3:04.01 (30.96), 3:35.14 (31.13), 4:06.41 (31.27), 4:37.76 (31.35), 5:08.95 (31.19), 5:40.01 (31.06), 6:11.18 (31.17), 6:42.37 (31.19), 7:13.42 (31.05), 7:44.35 (30.93), 8:15.29 (30.94), 8:46.44 (31.15), 9:17.76 (31.32), 9:48.63 (30.87), 10:19.55 (30.92), 10:50.59 (31.04), 11:21.84 (31.25), 11:52.66 (30.82), 12:23.58 (30.92), 12:54.50 (30.92), 13:25.50 (31.00), 13:56.39 (30.89), 14:27.51 (31.12), 14:58.25 (30.73), 15:27.71 (29.47)<\/p>\n

Her swim was so dominant that even her 800-meter free cut is historic. \u00a0She posted an 8:15.29 at the 800-meter mark, which ranks as eighth all time in the event’s history. \u00a0Only one swimmer has ever swum the 800-meter free naturally faster than Ledecky’s split, Rebecca Adlington<\/strong> with an 8:14.10 at the 2008 Beijing Olympics.<\/p>\n

Denmark’s Lotte Friis<\/strong> led the battle for the second seed with a 15:54.23 to rank second in the world, 26 seconds behind Ledecky. \u00a0Australia’s Jessica Ashwood<\/strong> posted a 15:56.52 to stand third in prelims and third in the world rankings as well. That’s an Australian record for Ashwood.<\/p>\n

Chile’s Kristel Kobrich<\/strong> (16:01.63), New Zealand’s Lauren Boyle<\/strong> (16:02.84), Hungary’s Boglarka Kapas<\/strong> (16:06.25), The Netherlands’ Sharon van Rouwendaal<\/strong> (16:09.12) and Italy’s Aurora Ponsele<\/strong> (16:12.01) also made tomorrow night’s finale.<\/p>\n

SCHEDULED EVENTS<\/b><\/p>\n