By David Rieder.
Katie Ledecky had pulled it off. She led wire-to-wire in the final of the women’s 800 free and won the race by more than 11 seconds over silver medalist Jazz Carlin. Ledecky’s time was 8:04.79, crushing the world record of 8:06.68 that she set in Austin, Texas, seven months ago.
And then it was done—Ledecky had become just the second woman to sweep the 200, 400 and 800 free at an Olympic Games, matching the feat fellow American Debbie Meyer pulled off at the 1968 Games in Mexico City.
Ledecky pumped her fist and celebrated as the rest of the field made their way past the red lane line buoys that marked 15 meters to go. Such had become the routine when Ledecky has won one of her seven individual world titles or set one of her 13 world records.
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