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Swimmer Katie Ledecky smashes world record

Updated on: 24 August,2014 05:53 AM IST  | 
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Katie Ledecky smashed another world record  at the Pan Pacific Championships in Australia on Saturday

Swimmer Katie Ledecky smashes world record

Katie Ledecky

Gold Coast: Katie Ledecky smashed another world record at the Pan Pacific Championships in Australia on Saturday.


Katie Ledecky
Katie Ledecky


American wonder teen Ledecky set the first world record of the Gold Coast meet, shaving almost half a second off the 400-metres freestyle mark she set at this month’s US Championships. The 17-year-old schoolgirl clocked three minutes 58.37 seconds to eclipse her previous mark by 0.49sec.


“It’s a great feeling. It never really gets old,” Ledecky said of her latest world record-breaking swim. “I knew I could be right where I was at nationals, or slightly better. I’m really pleased with that.” It was Ledecky’s fourth gold medal of the championship.

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