{"id":267794,"date":"2017-07-24T03:05:22","date_gmt":"2017-07-24T10:05:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/?p=267794"},"modified":"2017-07-24T03:05:22","modified_gmt":"2017-07-24T10:05:22","slug":"katie-ledecky-cruises-1500-free-heats","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/katie-ledecky-cruises-1500-free-heats\/","title":{"rendered":"Katie Ledecky Cruises 1500 Free Heats at World Championships"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>To no one&#8217;s surprise, it was American\u00a0<strong>Katie Ledecky<\/strong> who posted the top time of the morning in the women&#8217;s 1500 free. Ledecky cruised to a top showing of 15:47.54,\u00a0pulling for most of the race. Her World Record of 15:25.48 doubles as the Championship Record and will be the golden target for tomorrow&#8217;s final.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Mireia Belmonte<\/strong> of Spain picked up the second place seed from heat three, stopping the clock at a qualifying time of 16:05.37. Belmonte&#8217;s time doesn&#8217;t sit too far off her Spanish National Record of 15:57.29.<\/p>\n<p>China&#8217;s\u00a0<strong>Hou Yawen<\/strong> qualified close on Belmonte&#8217;s heels, turning in a final time of 16:05.87.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Simona Quadarella<\/strong> of Italy posted a fourth place finish of 16:07.08, followed by Hungary&#8217;s\u00a0<strong>Boglarka Kapas<\/strong> and her time of 16:09.60.<\/p>\n<p>Chile&#8217;s\u00a0<strong>Kristel Kobrich<\/strong> (16:17.28), Liechenstein&#8217;s\u00a0<strong>Julia Hassler<\/strong> (16:19.16), and Hungary&#8217;s\u00a0<strong>Ajna Kesely<\/strong> (16:20.98) rounded out the top eight qualifiers.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"267798\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/katie-ledecky-cruises-1500-free-heats\/screen-shot-2017-07-24-at-12-04-33-pm\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/Screen-Shot-2017-07-24-at-12.04.33-PM.png\" data-orig-size=\"995,413\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Screen Shot 2017-07-24 at 12.04.33 PM\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;Screen Shot 2017-07-24 at 12.04.33 PM&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Photo Courtesy:&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/Screen-Shot-2017-07-24-at-12.04.33-PM-700x413.png\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/Screen-Shot-2017-07-24-at-12.04.33-PM.png\" class=\"wp-image-267798\" src=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/Screen-Shot-2017-07-24-at-12.04.33-PM.png\" alt=\"Screen Shot 2017-07-24 at 12.04.33 PM\" width=\"650\" height=\"270\" srcset=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/Screen-Shot-2017-07-24-at-12.04.33-PM.png 995w, https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/Screen-Shot-2017-07-24-at-12.04.33-PM-533x221.png 533w, https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/Screen-Shot-2017-07-24-at-12.04.33-PM-280x116.png 280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 650px) 100vw, 650px\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>To no one&#8217;s surprise, it was American\u00a0Katie Ledecky who posted the top time of the morning in the women&#8217;s 1500 free. 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