Katie Ledecky Demolishes Field to Win First Olympic Women's 1500 Gold Medal

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By Yoongi in Sports
Updated 3 years ago

In June of 2017, the women's 1500m freestyle was officially confirmed as an Olympic event starting in Tokyo, bringing long overdue gender equality in distance swimming. Even then, even with an extra year of waiting, there was zero doubt who the first Olympic champion would be. The only question? By how much.

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