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Katie Ledecky’s 13year unbeaten streak within the 800meter freestyle is over, establishing a possible problem from Canadian phenom Summer McIntosh on the Paris Olympics.
ORLANDO, Fla.: Katie Ledecky’s 13-year unbeaten streak within the 800-meter freestyle is over, establishing a possible problem from Canadian phenom Summer McIntosh on the Paris Olympics.
The 17-12 months-previous McIntosh completed nearly 6 seconds forward of Ledecky at a sectional meet in Orlando on Thursday, changing into the second-quickest feminine within the historical past of a grueling occasion that Ledecky has dominated.
The teenager completed in 8 minutes, 11.39 seconds — an enchancment on her earlier finest time by about 9 seconds. McIntosh went sooner than Ledecky’s successful time of 8:12.57 on the Tokyo Olympics.
It was the 26-12 months-previous Ledecky’s first defeat in an 800 free remaining since 2010. She completed behind American teammate Leah Smith within the preliminaries on the 2019 world championships, however bounced again to win the race that counted.
Ledecky has received three straight Olympic gold medals within the 800 free, and she or he’s a six-time reigning world champion at that distance. She nonetheless holds the 16 quickest instances ever, together with her world document of 8:04.79 on the 2016 Rio de Janeiro Games.
Ledecky completed in 8:17:12 on the Orlando meet.
McIntosh and Ledecky each practice in Florida, and the low-key sectional meet gave them an opportunity to do some racing after they joined many huge-identify swimmers in skipping the World Aquatics Championships in Doha, Qatar.
This isn’t the primary time McIntosh has ended an extended successful streak for Ledecky.
Late final 12 months, McIntosh grew to become the primary swimmer in 11 years to beat Ledecky in a 400 free remaining held within the United States.
In March 2023, {the teenager} additionally snapped Ledecky’s 9-12 months successful run within the 200 free in her residence nation.
The significance of McIntosh’s newest victory is troublesome to gauge, since swimmers are at completely different phases of their coaching cycles as they ramp up preparations for the Olympics.
Last summer season, Ledecky turned in a stunning time of 8:07.07 on the U.S. nationwide championships in Indianapolis — her quickest time since setting the world document. So it’s clear she wasn’t in peak kind for the Orlando meet.
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