Katie Ledecky is the world’s most dominant swimmer, and the 800m is – quantifiably – her most dominant event. Ledecky made her Olympic debut at the 2012 London Olympics, where she was the youngest ...

Leon Marchand, now training with former Michael Phelps coach Bob Bowman, added the victory to the 200m and 400m individual medley titles he captured earlier this week.

American Katie Ledecky continued her domination of the women's 800m freestyle with a brilliant swim to win gold at the world championships in Singapore on Saturday and deny Summer McIntosh the chance ...

Ledecky, 27, joined Michael Phelps as the only swimmers to ever win Olympic gold four times in the same event. And with nine total gold medals, Ledecky is now tied with swimmer Mark Spitz, track star ...

What has already been a historic 2024 Olympics for Katie Ledecky is not over yet. On Wednesday, Ledecky won her eighth Olympic gold medal when she set an Olympic record in the women's 1500m freestyle ...

Katie Ledecky set an Olympic record of eight minutes, 12.86 seconds to lead the 800m freestyle field after the preliminary heats on Thursday afternoon. Ledecky, the defending Olympic champion in the ...

It wasn't even close. Katie Ledecky blasted past her own world record in the 800-meter freestyle, leaving the rest of the field far in her wake as she's done so often in the Rio Olympics, winning her ...

The American touched in 15:23.21, more than a minute clear of the field, as Bobby Finke, Summer McIntosh and Léon Marchand also impressed in Texas ...