CNN
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Katie Ledecky produced a scintillating swim to break yet another world record on Saturday, this time in the women’s 800m freestyle, lowering the mark she set almost a decade ago at the 2016 Rio Olympics.
She recorded a time of 8:04.12 at the TYR Pro Swim Series Fort Lauderdale, shaving six-tenths of a second off her previous record and finishing almost 20 seconds ahead of her closest competitor. She now holds the top ten times ever recorded in the event.
For almost 13 years, Ledecky has dominated long-distance freestyle swimming, setting record after record that no one else can touch, often competing against only herself.
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