Katie Ledecky, legendary American swimmer, has approached her own world record in the free 1,500 m, in which she is a double Olympic champion

The great American swimmer Katie Ledecky showed that she has not lost anything, threatening her world record for 1,500 free in the Florida competition.

The amazing race of the 28 -year -old athlete ended in 15: 24.51from the Tyr Pro Swim Series contest in Fort Lauderdale, has been the fastest since it set the world record (15: 20.48) at Indianapolis in 2018.

Katie Ledecky: “I just wanted my time to be the best of the season.”

“I am quite excited,” Ledecky said after the competition, she defeated the second ranked, Jillian Cox, with almost 40 seconds. “I trained very well and I feel good before this meeting, but it is never known“She added.

“It is not as if it were the biggest contest of the year or something, I just wanted my time to be the best in the season, which would have been 15:36. I am quite ecstatic“She pointed out.

Ledecky's Wednesday performance was a 5.5 second improvement from the time that brought him Olympic gold to Paris last year. Ledecky has already expressed an interest in participating in the 2028 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, and his continuing domination means that obtaining the qualification for at least one race will not be a problem.

The 1,500 meter sample was added to the Olympic program in 2020, and Ledecky won the finals in both editions with a total difference of 14 seconds. She also has four Olympic gold medals at 800 meters, the sample in which she managed to prevail in London, in 2012, when she was 15 years old.

Ledecky now has the 22 strokes in the history of the female sample of 1,500 meters, obtained between 2014 and 2025.

Katie Ledecky Kicked Off the Fort Lauderdale Pro Swim Series Today With a Bang, as She Challenged Her Own World Record and Swum the Second 1500 Freestyle in History in 15: 24.51. Will She Break the World Record at the 2025 World Aquatics Championships Next July? pic.twitter.com/dmivrcifou

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The Swimswam specialized site also notes that the American swimmer had a world record rhythm after 500 meters, and its 8: 12.76 interval at 800 meters is better than everyone's time in this 2025 sample, apart from Artiarne Titmus and Summer Mcintosh. With the above time, he would have won the bronze in the 800 -meter sample final at the 2024 Olympics.

Katie Ledecky, favorite at the Summer World Championships

The way he swam at Fort Lauderdale provides his favorite status for 1,500 m at the Singapore World Championships in July-August.

Ledecky was missing from last year's edition in Doha, where Italian Simona Quadarella won the titles at 800 and 1,500 m free.

21of world titles Katie Ledecky has in the track

But Katie Ledecky, who aims at more Olympic glory at Los Angeles 2028, has never been defeated on any of the two distances in world competitions since she won her first gold medals in Barcelona in 2013.