Katie Ledecky Shatters World Record In 1,500-meter Freestyle: It Hurt A Lot news9.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from news9.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Ledecky's time was so fast that she almost broke the 800m world record in the same event, with a split time of 8:00.58, a second off world-record pace.