The final for the 400 meter freestyle at the Paris Olympics was billed as “The Race of the Century.” Katie Ledecky, Ariarne Titmus (Australia) and Summer McIntosh (Canada) had each held the world record in the event over the last two plus years.
The race lived up to the hype with the three favorites battling it out. Titmus (3:57:49) defended her title (she won gold in Tokyo in 2021) beating McIntosh (3:58:37) and Ledecky (4:00:86) who settled for a bronze medal.
Katie Ledecky is one medal away from tying the RECORD for any American woman in Olympic history. #ParisOlympics pic.twitter.com/Lwsrcj9rEb
— NBC Olympics & Paralympics (@NBCOlympics) July 28, 2024
Ledecky, 27, now has 11 medals (7 gold, 3 silver, 1 bronze) in her Olympic career. Her next medal would give her 12 tying her with Jenny Thompson, Dara Torres and Natalie Coughlin for the most ever. Thompson has the most career gold medals with 8.
Ledecky is expected to participate in three more events in Paris. The schedule for the finals of those events:
– 1500 meter freestyle final on Wed, July 31 at approx. 2 p.m.
– 4×200 meter freestyle relay final on Thurs, Aug. 1 at 2:40 p.m.
– 800 meter freestyle final on Sat, Aug. 3 at approx. 2 p.m.
