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Ledecky lowers own WR in 800 freestyle

Jazz Carlin won 800m Freestyle bronze to collect Great Britain’s ninth medal of the Kazan 2015 World Championships. “She’s getting faster every time she races”.

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KAZAN, Russian Federation is that American Katie Ledecky went into the release materials as they destroyed her 800 m environment mark to declare her fifth gold award of causing extraordinary entire world competitions on Saturday.

Despite her already being generally regarded as the top female swimmer in the sport, this week somehow managed to elevate the legacy she has been building since winning gold in the 800 at the 2012 London Olympics.

She clocked eight minutes, 07.39 seconds over 800m to shave 2.61secs off the record she set past year.

“I actually like to see what she will do”, stated Lauren Boyle, the silver medalist from New Zealand.

“You don’t go into a race hoping you come last but to be honest I’m just happy I was in that final“, said Proud, who finished 18th in this event on his World Championship debut two years ago.

Ledecky said she would not have minded swimming a slightly slower world record to mark a personal occasion.

“I knew I could do something tonight and I wanted to finish it up”. “However I recovered very properly”.

“I’m learning how to control my emotions”. I was happy with my split in the relay so really it was just about coming in with my head down. She holds the hat-trick of world records in the 400, 800 and 1500m freestyle, despite having only graduated from high school recently and has yet to get her driving licence.

“I am simply very glad that he is again to his good type, so he can not come out and say, “Oh, I have never been coaching” or all that garbage that he is been speaking”, Le Clos stated.

“I don’t know if it was close to a ideal race”, he said.

The blue riband men’s 50m free was settled 28 hundredths of a second above the world record pace set by Cesar Cielo in 2009.

“I don’t really think about the historical aspects during the meet, but I guess I can now and I will cherish these moments”. His time of 21.19 is quickest on the earth this yr.

Defending champion Missy Franklin, of the United States, had led at 100m, but Seebohm timed her finale to perfection to snatch the lead in the final 25m, striking gold in 2:05.81.

“I had so much left on the last 50 and that’s what let the other girls down”, said Seebohm, noting the “back end fatigue” of her rivals.

Katinka Hosszu of Hungary finished third.

Nathan Adrian of the United States finished second in 21.52. Bruno Fratus of Brazil took third.

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Ledecky smashes another record, Boyle takes silver