{"id":325365,"date":"2018-08-12T02:33:44","date_gmt":"2018-08-12T09:33:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/?p=325365"},"modified":"2019-07-21T02:03:29","modified_gmt":"2019-07-21T09:03:29","slug":"katie-ledecky-dominates-another-1500-free-title","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/katie-ledecky-dominates-another-1500-free-title\/","title":{"rendered":"Katie Ledecky Dominates Another 1500 Free Title"},"content":{"rendered":"

American superstar\u00a0Katie Ledecky\u00a0<\/strong>finished off her busy week in Tokyo at the Pan Pacific Swimming Championships with three gold medals, capping her week off with a gold in the 1500 final. Ledecky was well off her world record from earlier this year with a 15:38.97. She set the world record earlier this season with a 15:20.43 at the TYR Pro Swim Series in Indianapolis.<\/p>\n

Ledecky is still the best distance swimmer in the world, despite not being pushed by Australian\u00a0Ariarne Titmus<\/strong>, who did not swim in the 1500 here in Tokyo. Ledecky will have plenty of time to get back to work to get back to her usual self by next summer.<\/p>\n

Ledecky was well ahead of second place\u00a0Kiah Melverton\u00a0<\/strong>of Australia. No Titmus in the 1500 gave the opportunity to Melverton and\u00a0Kareena Lee\u00a0<\/strong>to fight for medals. Melverton got the silver with a 16:00.08 and Lee finished in fourth at 16:03.26. Both of the Australians were off their season best times from a few weeks ago at their Pan Pac Trials.<\/p>\n

The other American on the podium was\u00a0Leah Smith<\/strong>, who swam in the earlier heats. Smith got the bronze medal at 16:00.82 after finishing ahead of\u00a0Haley Anderson\u00a0<\/strong>(16:04.26) in her heat, and\u00a0Ashley Twichell\u00a0<\/strong>(16:07.49) in the final tonight.<\/p>\n

Japan’s\u00a0Waka Kobori\u00a0<\/strong>(16:14.22) finished fifth overall. China’s\u00a0Zhang Ke\u00a0<\/strong>(16:18.55), Japan’s\u00a0Yukimi Moriyama\u00a0<\/strong>(16:20.46) and Canada’s Kate Sanderson\u00a0<\/strong>(16:33.16) also finished in the top eight.<\/p>\n

2018 World Rankings:<\/h3>\n
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  1. Katie Ledecky<\/strong>, USA, 15:20.48<\/li>\n
  2. Simona Quadarella<\/strong>, ITA, 15:51.61<\/li>\n
  3. Wang Jianjiahe<\/strong>, CHN, 15:53.01<\/li>\n
  4. Ashley Twichell<\/strong>, USA, 15:55.68<\/li>\n
  5. Sarah Kohler<\/strong>, GER, 15:57.85<\/li>\n
  6. Li Bingjie<\/strong>, CHN, 15:58.29<\/li>\n
  7. Kiah Melverton<\/strong>, AUS, 15:59.92<\/li>\n
  8. Kareena Lee<\/strong>, AUS, 16:00.14<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
    \"1500-free-women\"

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