Katie Ledecky, 28 years old, 9 Olympic golds, 21 world gold out of 26, world record holder of 800 and 1500, already of the 400 SL
In Fort Lauderdale, for the US pro series, after swimming the second time trial of history in the 1500 (15’24 ″ 51) and 400 SL in 3’56 ″ 81) Katie Ledecky dusting the world record in the 800, in which he proved to be at 15 with the gold of London 2012. Now at 28, he improves his primacy that resisted from the Olympic gold of Rio: the largest Olympic gold: Stileliberista, who won 4 consecutive golds in the games in the specialty (like only Michael Phelps in the 200 mixed, Carl Lewis in the long jump and Overter on the album), he swam in 8’04 ″ 12 erasing the 8’04 ″ 79 of 12 August 2016 and leaving the second ranking at 19 ″ 46, Killian Cox born in 2005 (8’23 ″ 58) and 21 ″ 94 Claire Weinstein (2007, author of 8’26 ″ 06) who had beaten Katie yesterday in the 200 sl with the first half in the world of 1’54 ″ 93. For the 9 times Olympic passages from 1’58 ″ 38, 4’01 ″ 78, 6’04 ″ 27 and one last 50 of 28 ″ 46.
We also talked about the Ledecky here: https://www.gazzetta.it/nuoto/02-05-2025/infinita-ledecky-il-fenomeno-batte-le-ragazzine-e-los-Angeles-2028.shtml
Gretchen Walsh, 22 years old, at the World Cup Short Bathtub 2024 has improved 11 world records (9 individual)
From one World Cup to another, with the broken wall: Gretchen Walsh becomes the first woman in the world to swim the 100 butterfly under 55 seconds. In the final, the twenty -two year old American pulverized the primacy made in battery in 55 ″ 09 fixing it now at 54 ″ 60 and beating Torri Huske (56 ″ 59) that at the Paris Games he had paraded the Olympic gold for the imzia of 4 cents. A record, this, who was in the air after the morning gem, when the woman of the records had turned slower than 22 cents at the fifty meters while this time Gretchen began to build the new chronometric feat with a 25 ″ 32 manual. Gretchen has therefore improved on a day of over half a second (58 cents) which in a hundred meters test is truly a stratospheric progress. And in a month in Indianapolis there will be the world trials of the Americans. Further improvements of both Ledecky and Walsh, on an evening in which Kate Douglass in the 200 frogs (2’20 ″ 78) and Regan Smith in the 100 back (57 ″ 46) also showed the water in the water.
Finals Saturday – 800 SL Finke 7’50 ″ 79 (3’54 ″ 56), Manteufel (07) 8’03 ″ 23, Ellis (06) 8’04 ″ 60, 4. Vallmitjana (Spa, 09) 8’08 ″ 79.
100 back kos (UNG) 53 ″ 14 (25 ″ 41), Harvey 54 ″ 56, Aikins 54 ″ 69, 4. Keogh 54 ″ 72.
200 Rana Petrashow (Kir) 2’10 ″ 29, Coll Marti (Spa) 2’11 ″ 09, Epitropov (BUL) 2’11 ″ 82, 4. Cakir 2’14 ″ 19, 6. Lazzerini (03) 2’14 ″ 63.
Women, 800 SL Ledecky 8’04 ″ 12 (World Record, Prec. 8’04 ″ 79 of 12-8-2016 in Rio), COX (05) 8’23 ″ 58, Weinstein (07) 8’26 ″ 06, 4. Hurst (05) 8’30 ″ 35, 5. Mattes (05) 8’34 ″ 76.
100 back Recan Smith 57 ″ 46 (28 ″ 02), Berkoff 58 ″ 79 (28 ″ 32), Masse (Can) 58 ″ 90 (28 ″ 19), 4. Curzan 59 ″ 46.
200 Rana Douglass 2’20 ″ 78 (1’07 ″ 77), Alex Walsh 2’22 ″ 91, Hayes 2’27 ″ 60, 4. Angus 2’28 ″ 84.
100 butterfly Gretchen Walsh 54 ″ 60 (world record, prec, battery 55 ″ 09, pas. 25 ″ 32), Huske 56 ″ 59 (26 ″ 24), Shacell 57 ″ 31, 4. Walshe (IRL) 58 ″ 12, 5