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Katie Ledecky beats 800m record
Katie Ledecky became the first woman to win the 200-, 400-, and 800-meter freestyle since the 1968 Mexico City games, The New York Times reported. She beat the second-place finisher, Jazz Carlin from Great Britain, by 11.38 seconds.
In swimming, 11 seconds is a long time. To put it in perspective: “The men’s 100-meter dash final Sunday in track and field will begin and end in the time [Ledecky] spent waiting” for other competitor’s to finish, The Washington Post .
The New York Times put out a simple graphic to provide a sense of what 11 seconds feels like.
As Ledecky neared the end, Carlin and the other swimmers were nearly half a pool length behind.
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Watching Katie swim is mesmerizing, she's part porpoise or something,,,,she just glides through the water.