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She also passed those three and <strong>Emma McKeon<\/strong> for most total medals among female swimmers.<\/p>\n<p>Friday, Ledecky could tie absolute royalty if she wins a ninth gold medal.<\/p>\n<p>Ledecky is the top seed after morning prelims in the women\u2019s 800 free at the Paris Olympics, going 8:16.62. That\u2019s one of only three times under 8:20 in the morning heats.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>World record: Katie Ledecky, USA, 8:04.79 (2016)<\/li>\n<li>Olympic record: Katie Ledecky, USA, 8:04.79 (2016)<\/li>\n<li>Tokyo Olympic champion: Katie Ledecky, USA, 8:12.57<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Paige Madden<\/strong> is the second seed at 8:18.49, with <strong>Ariarne Titmus<\/strong> in third at 8:19.27. It\u2019s two Aussies, with <strong>Lani Pallister<\/strong> also in, while <strong>Li<\/strong> <strong>Bingjie<\/strong>, the Tokyo bronze medalist in the 400 and a two-time World Championships medalist in this event is out.<\/p>\n<p>Ledecky has eight career gold medals. Four individuals have nine golds each \u2013 <strong>Mark Spitz,<\/strong> Soviet gymnast <strong>Larisa Latynina,<\/strong> Finnish runner <strong>Paavo Nurmi<\/strong> and American <strong>Carl Lewis.<\/strong> Ledecky is also vying to win the 800 free for the fourth straight time; only <strong>Michael Phelps,<\/strong> in the 200 IM, has achieved that, from 2004-16.<\/p>\n<p>To do that will require another battle with (friendly) nemesis Titmus. For the last Olympic quad, their races have followed a clear pattern. Titmus has reigned in the 200 free, such that Ledecky finished fifth in that event in Tokyo and eschewed it this time around. Ledecky has dominated the 800. And they\u2019ve met in the middle, where Titmus has in Tokyo, the Fukuoka World Championships and here again in Paris gotten the better of her.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I&#8217;m pretty buggered, but I get a day-and-a-half [before the final], so I&#8217;m going to be a hermit in my room, camped in the village,&#8221; Titmus said. &#8220;At the end of the week, it&#8217;s really hard to swim fast at the end of a tough eight days, but I&#8217;m going to give it a red-hot crack, my last swim of the Olympics, so I&#8217;ll give it everything I&#8217;ve got.&#8221;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/olympics.com\/en\/paris-2024\/schedule\/swimming?day=27-july\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Meet Results<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/meet\/2024-olympic-games-coverage-paris\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">2024 Paris Olympics Meet Page<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Madden moved herself into medal contention with the first sub-8:20 effort of her career, doing so just hours after helping the U.S. women to a second consecutive Olympic silver in the 800 free relay. Madden also took sixth in the 400 free earlier in the meet.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I was super nervous coming off the relay last night because I didn\u2019t get a lot of sleep, and I knew it was going to be a hard turnaround,&#8221; Madden said. &#8220;I knew it was going to be a challenge to get into the final, especially with the event being new for me. I just wanted to control my race and try to put myself in a good position. I think I did a really good job. I think I even-split the race, which was great.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Pallister won a sedate first heat in which no one got under 8:20. Her time was 8:20.21, just ahead of Germany\u2019s <strong>Isabel Gose<\/strong> (8:20.63), there was a clear sort out, with those two breaking away from <strong>Erika Fairweather<\/strong> (8:22.22) and <strong>Anastasiia Kirpichnikova<\/strong> (8:22.99). Li was nearly five seconds back in 8:27.92.<\/p>\n<p>The first four made the final despite the second of two heats being quicker. Ledecky was first, with Titmus for company most of the way before pulling away from her on the back half. 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