Katie Ledecky

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"I just like to swim…fast. I don't think about the distance."

2014 Pan Pacs – Day 3 Finals Recap – Ledecky Delivers Record Swim

Ledecky breaks the 400 free World Record again, taking nearly a half a second off her record to improve to a 3:58.37.

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Katie Ledecky Breaks World Record in Women’s 400 Free at Pan Pacs

Katie Ledecky now holds at least the two fastest times in history in the 400, 800, and 1500 meter freestyles.

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2014 Pan Pacific Championships: Day 3 prelims sets up Lochte vs Phelps – who else?

Michael Phelps is just .02 behind longtime rival Ryan Lochte in the 100 fly after day 3 prelims.

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Is Katie Ledecky the Greatest Freestyler of All-Time – Gold Medal Minute Video

Katie Ledecky now has the 400, 800 and 1500 meter freestyle world records, and she appears to be ontrack to threaten the 200 freestyle world record by the 2016 Olympic Games. Is Ledecky the greatest freestyler of all-time?

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WATCH: Race videos from Day 2 at the Pan Pacific Championships

Jessica Hardy won gold in the women’s 100 breast at Pan Pacs day 2. That race video and more here!

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8 things we learned from day 2 of the Pan Pacific Championships

Lights-out Ledecky: Katie Ledecky showed her speed with a relay run-down, and proved she can take over the American team with Missy Franklin slowed up by an injury.

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US TV: Watch 2014 Pan Pacific Championships this Weekend on NBC

Date Time (EDT) Network — Saturday, Aug. 23 3:30-4:30 p.m. NBC — Sunday, Aug. 24 1-2:30 p.m. NBC

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2014 Pan Pacific Championships – Day 2 Finals Live Recap

Follow along for live updates from the second day of finals at the 2014 Pan Pacific Championships.

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2014 Pan Pacs: Americans Have 8 Out of 16 Gold Medals Through Two Days of Competition

American Katie Ledecky already has three gold medals to her name at the 2014 Pan Pac Championships, of 8 total won by the Americans so far.

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Americans Break Pan Pacs, Australian All-Comers Record in 800 Free Relay

The Americans, with a blazing 1:54.3 anchor from Katie Ledecky, broke the Australian All-Comers Record by four seconds and the Pan Pacs Record by five.

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6 More Men, 6 More Women Added To 2015 U.S. World Championship Team

Michael Phelps improved to 48.51 during the finals of the men’s 100 freestyle to earn the second individual roster spot on the 2015 World Championship Team.

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#FantasySwimming Update: TANDL, SharkNado and ChasingKalisz lead after day 1

Ryosuke Irie’s big 100 back win powered Team ChasingKalisz to the lead in the newly-formed DeckChange league.

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2014 Pan Pacific Championships Swimming Photo Vault – Day 1

Many thanks to Paul Younan for these swimming photos!

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8 Things We Noticed on Day 1 at 2014 Pan Pacs: Irie Wins First Gold

Ryosuke Irie has done many, many things in his career, but until Thursday, that didn’t include winning at Pan Pacs.

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10 Men, 8 Women Stamp Tickets For U.S. World Championship Team in 2015

Matt Grevers has sealed up two spots on the 2015 U.S. team for the World Championships – in the 100 back and the 50 fly.

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