Katie Ledecky dominates in the women's 400-meter freestyle at the U.S. Olympic swimming trials to secure her ticket to the Paris Games.
Katie Ledecky is heading to her fourth Olympics, cruising to victory in the 400-meter freestyle at the U.S. swimming trials on Saturday night. Cheered on by a crowd of 20,689 at the home of the NFL's Indianapolis Colts, Ledecky touched the wall in 3 minutes, 58.35 seconds. She improved on her time of 3:59.99 in the morning preliminaries and set herself up to make a run at another gold against a loaded field at the Paris Games.
She already has six individual gold medals — more than any female swimmer in Olympic history. The expected second spot on the Olympic team will go to Paige Madden, the runner-up behind Ledecky at 4:02.08. Gretchen Walsh set a world record in the women's 100-meter butterfly, posting a time of 55.18 seconds in a semifinal heat. Walsh was more than half a second under world-record pace at the turn and finished strong to eclipse the mark of 55.
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