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Yahoo
05-05-2025
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Léon Marchand beat out by Bobby Finke in 400-meter IM in French star's first post-Olympic meet
Nine months ago, Léon Marchand blew away the field in the 400-meter individual medley at the 2024 Olympics, the first leg of the loudest breakout in the Paris Games. He had less fortune in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, on Friday. In his first meet since winning four gold medals in his native country, Marchand was edged by Bobby Finke in the 400-meter IM at a Tyr Pro Series meet, losing by 0.19 seconds on a dramatic last-lap comeback by the American. Bobby Finke's final-50 skills are unreal 😨#TYRProSeries — USA Swimming (@USASwimming) May 3, 2025 Marchand was significantly trailing after the butterfly and backstroke legs, but dominated the breaststroke enough to hold a small lead heading into the freestyle. Before anyone starts speculating on the 22-year-old Marchand losing a step, it's worth noting that he has dealt with shoulder and rib injuries since the Olympics and only recently started training with coach Bob Bowman again, per SwimSwam. He also swam the 200-meter freestyle earlier Friday. Per Fox 40, Finke was happy about that: "I was just very thankful Leon had the 200 before," Finke said. Finke is an Olympic star in his own right, with three gold medals and a silver to his name between the 800-meter and 1500-meter freestyle at the 2020 and 2024 Olympics. He was the only American man to taste individual gold at the Games last year, and has made a career of dramatic comebacks. He was not in the 400-meter IM field in Paris, though.
Yahoo
05-05-2025
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Léon Marchand beat out by Bobby Finke in 400-meter IM in French star's first post-Olympic meet
Nine months ago, Léon Marchand blew away the field in the 400-meter individual medley at the 2024 Olympics, the first leg of the loudest breakout in the Paris Games. He had less fortune in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, on Friday. In his first meet since winning four gold medals in his native country, Marchand was edged by Bobby Finke in the 400-meter IM at a Tyr Pro Series meet, losing by 0.19 seconds on a dramatic last-lap comeback by the American. Bobby Finke's final-50 skills are unreal 😨#TYRProSeries — USA Swimming (@USASwimming) May 3, 2025 Marchand was significantly trailing after the butterfly and backstroke legs, but dominated the breaststroke enough to hold a small lead heading into the freestyle. Before anyone starts speculating on the 22-year-old Marchand losing a step, it's worth noting that he has dealt with shoulder and rib injuries since the Olympics and only recently started training with coach Bob Bowman again, per SwimSwam. He also swam the 200-meter freestyle earlier Friday. Per Fox 40, Finke was happy about that: "I was just very thankful Leon had the 200 before," Finke said. Finke is an Olympic star in his own right, with three gold medals and a silver to his name between the 800-meter and 1500-meter freestyle at the 2020 and 2024 Olympics. He was the only American man to taste individual gold at the Games last year, and has made a career of dramatic comebacks. He was not in the 400-meter IM field in Paris, though.
Yahoo
04-05-2025
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Katie Ledecky breaks her own nine-year-old world record in 800-meter freestyle
The world record in the women's 800-meter freestyle has been untouchable for nearly nine years since Katie Ledecky swam it in 8:04.79 at the 2016 Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. No one had come within two seconds of that time since. That all changed Saturday. And Ledecky, naturally, was the one to do it. Advertisement The American swimming legend broke her own record in the event at the TYR Pro Series in Fort Lauderdale, Fla., finishing in 8:04.12 to beat her previous unmatchable time by over a half-second. Ledecky, who has won gold in the 800-meter freestyle in four straight Olympics, now owns the 10 fastest times ever in the event. The win comes two days after Ledecky bested rival Summer McIntosh in a thrilling 400-meter race, an event Ledecky has lost ground in since winning gold in Rio. The 28-year-old Ledecky has nine career Olympic golds and 14 total medals to go along with 21 world championship golds. She has said she's eyeing competing at the 2028 Los Angeles Olympics. Advertisement 'I'll take it year by year and give it everything I've got for as long as I have left in me,' Ledecky said when asked about continuing her career following her final race in Paris last summer. American Gretchen Walsh also reset her own world record on Saturday in the 100-meter butterfly — twice. She swam 55.09 in the prelims to lower her previous record of 55.18, then topped it with a 54.60 in the final. This article originally appeared in The Athletic. Olympics, Global Sports, Women's Olympics 2025 The Athletic Media Company
New York Times
04-05-2025
- Sport
- New York Times
Katie Ledecky breaks her own nine-year-old world record in 800-meter freestyle
The world record in the women's 800-meter freestyle has been untouchable for nearly nine years since Katie Ledecky swam it in 8:04.79 at the 2016 Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. No one had come within two seconds of that time since. That all changed Saturday. And Ledecky, naturally, was the one to do it. The American swimming legend broke her own record in the event at the TYR Pro Series in Fort Lauderdale, Fla., finishing in 8:04.12 to beat her previous unmatchable time by over a half-second. WORLD RECORD for Katie Ledecky! 🇺🇸 The First Lady of Freestyle bests her time from the 2016 Rio Olympics in the 800m. 🎥: USASwimming | #TYRProSeries — NBC Olympics & Paralympics (@NBCOlympics) May 3, 2025 Ledecky, who has won gold in the 800-meter freestyle in four straight Olympics, now owns the 10 fastest times ever in the event. The win comes two days after Ledecky bested rival Summer McIntosh in a thrilling 400-meter race, an event Ledecky has lost ground in since winning gold in Rio. The 28-year-old Ledecky has nine career Olympic golds and 14 total medals to go along with 21 world championship golds. Advertisement She has said she's eyeing competing at the 2028 Los Angeles Olympics. 'I'll take it year by year and give it everything I've got for as long as I have left in me,' Ledecky said when asked about continuing her career following her final race in Paris last summer. American Gretchen Walsh also reset her own world record on Saturday in the 100-meter butterfly — twice. She swam 55.09 in the prelims to lower her previous record of 55.18, then topped it with a 54.60 in the final.
The Guardian
03-05-2025
- Sport
- The Guardian
Katie Ledecky smashes her longstanding 800m freestyle world record
Katie Ledecky broke new ground once again on Saturday, shattering her own world record in the 800m freestyle with a time of 8min 4.12sec at the Tyr Pro Swim Series in Fort Lauderdale. The 28-year-old American improved on the 8:04.79 mark she set at the 2016 Rio Olympics, notching her first long-course world record since 2018 and reaffirming her dominance in the distance freestyle events. 'I was really fired up after the 1,500m earlier this week,' said Ledecky, who opened the meet by posting the second-fastest 1,500m in history on Wednesday and followed it with the second-fastest 400m of her career on Thursday. Jillian Cox finished second in the 800m, more than 19 seconds back in 8:23.58, with Claire Weinstein third in 8:26.06. Not a dry eye on deck 🥹#TYRProSeries Ledecky now owns the 10 fastest times ever recorded in the 800m freestyle. Since bursting onto the scene with Olympic gold in London at just 15, she has lost the event only once – a February 2024 defeat to Canadian teenager Summer McIntosh, whose 8:09.86 remains the second-fastest performance in history. With her performance this week, Ledecky reminded the field that she remains the swimmer to beat heading into the US Olympic trials next month in Indianapolis and the world shampionships in Singapore in late July. Earlier on Saturday, 22-year-old American Gretchen Walsh also made history, setting a world record of 55.09 seconds in the 100m butterfly preliminaries. The time bettered her own mark from last year's Olympic trials by nine hundredths of a second. Walsh's standout meet also included a blistering 24.93 in the 50m butterfly on Friday, an American record and the second-fastest time ever recorded in the event. A double relay gold medallist at the Paris Olympics, Walsh is emerging as a serious contender in the sprint butterfly events, including the 50m fly, which will debut at the 2028 Olympics.
