US Swimmer Ledecky Easily Wins 1500m
Jul 27, 2021, 9:27 PM | Updated: 10:41 pm
AP – Katie Ledecky has finally collected her first gold medal of the Tokyo Games.
Ledecky has won the 1,500-meter freestyle, which made its Olympic debut for women this year.
PURE. DOMINANCE.
Katie Ledecky is the first Olympic champion in the women's 1500m freestyle! #TokyoOlympics #OlympicHERstory pic.twitter.com/3LzAdPOsT8
— #TokyoOlympics (@NBCOlympics) July 28, 2021
That helped the American star make up for what has so far been the worst showing of her Olympic career.
OLYMPIC HISTORY IS MADE‼️@katieledecky wins the first-EVER Olympic gold medal in the women's 1500m free and teammate Erica Sullivan wins the silver.@TeamUSA x #TokyoOlympics #OlympicHERstory pic.twitter.com/fTLlcWFgEg
— #TokyoOlympics (@NBCOlympics) July 28, 2021
About an hour after finishing fifth in the 200-meter freestyle, Ledecky held off teammate Erica Sullivan to win the metric mile in 15 minutes, 37.34 seconds.
Outstanding.#USA's Katie Ledecky wins her first gold of #Tokyo2020 with a dominant display from start to finish in the first ever women's 1500m freestyle race at the Olympics.@fina1908 @TeamUSA #Swimming pic.twitter.com/z5DxNpdcZs
— Olympics (@Olympics) July 28, 2021
Sullivan claimed the silver in 15:41.41, while Germany’s Sarah Kohler grabbed the bronze in 15:42.91.