American star Katie Ledecky won her seventh world title in the women’s 800-meter freestyle on Saturday, fending off the challenges of Canadian sensation Summer McIntosh and Australia’s Lani Pallister.

She arrived in Paris fully expecting a career week. Lani Pallister withdrew from the 400 freestyle to place her focus on the 800 and 1500-meter distances, both events in which she entered ranked among ...

Australian Lani Pallister broke Katie Ledecky's short-course 800m freestyle world record by 3.42 seconds, one of five total world records on the final day of the World Aquatics Swimming World Cup.

Katie Ledecky cruised to a dominant 1,500m freestyle gold in Singapore on Tuesday to claim the 22nd world title of her storied career. The American great touched the wall in 15min 26.44sec, ahead of ...

“I just kept telling myself to trust my legs, because I’ve gotten a bit better at kicking," Ledecky said Kimberlee Speakman is a digital writer at PEOPLE. She has been working at PEOPLE since 2022.

From the very start, this was different from any 800-meter freestyle Katie Ledecky had ever swum. The usual empty water that surrounds her as she crushes the competition, racing only herself, was gone ...

Lani Pallister seen here with her gold medal-winning women's 4x200m freestyle relay teammates from Australia, Mollie O’Callaghan, Brianna Throssell and Ariarne Titmus, is one of the athletes at the ...

Queensland’s Olympic and world champion Lani Pallister just keeps on keeping on after adding her record equaling sixth Powercor Pier To Pub classic at Lorne on Victoria’s surf coast yesterday. The ...

NANTERRE, FRANCE - JULY 30: Kaylee McKeown of Team Australia celebrates after winning gold in the Women's 100m Backstroke Final on day four of the Olympic Games Paris 2024 at Paris La Defense Arena on ...

Australian Lani Pallister crushed Katie Ledecky's 800m freestyle short course world record on Saturday, roaring to victory in 7min 54.00sec as the Toronto World Cup closed with five world records on ...