Ledecky breaks 400 free world record
August 11, 2014, Monday
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KATIE Ledecky swam a “pretty close to perfect” race on Saturday to seize the 400-meter freestyle world record at the US Championships in Irvine, California.
The 17-year-old powered to victory in a dazzling 3 minutes, 58.86 seconds, eclipsing the prior world mark of 3:59.15 set by Italy’s Federica Pellegrini in 2009 in the era of now-banned high-tech bodysuits. It was Ledecky’s third triumph in three races in Irvine and added the 400 world record to her 800 and 1,500 free world marks to make her the first woman since Janet Evans to hold all three at the same time.
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