Los Angeles: Katie Ledecky sliced 2.86sec off her 800m freestyle world record on Sunday, clocking 8min 11.00sec at a meet in Texas for her second world record in four days. <img title="Katie Ledecky" src="http://images.mid-day.com/images/2014/aug/24Katie-Ledecky-1.jpg" alt="Katie Ledecky" /> Katie Ledecky&nbsp;
The 17-year-old American improved on her own previous 800m free world record of 8:13.86 set at the World Championships in Barcelona in August of last year.
On Thursday night, Ledecky had shattered her previous record in the 1,500m free with a time of 15:34.23, improving on the mark of 15:36.53 she had set in Barcelona.
Ledecky is the Olympic champion in the 800m free. The women's 1,500m free isn't contested in the Olympics, although it is a World Championships event for both men and women.
Ledecky is in strong form with the US Championships in Irvine, California, looming in August.
Those championships are a selection meeting for the Pan Pacific Championships in Australia later that month, as well as the 2015 World Championships in Russia.

Katie Ledecky sliced 2.86sec off her 800m freestyle world record on Sunday, clocking 8min 11.00sec at a meet in Texas for her second world record in four days

Swimming: Ledecky breaks her own 800m free world record

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Katie Ledecky sliced 2.86sec off her 800m freestyle world record on Sunday, clocking 8min 11.00sec at a meet in Texas for her second world record in four days

Swimming: Ledecky breaks her own 800m free world record

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