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Women’s 800-Meter Freestyle

Results:

• 1. Katie Ledecky (Stone Ridge) – 8:14.63

Final:

• Lane 1 – Andreina Pinto Perez, Venezuela – 8:29.28
• Lane 2 – Lauren Boyle, New Zealand – 8:22.72
• Lane 3 – Katie Ledecky, United States – 8:14.63
• Lane 4 – Rebecca Adlington, Great Britain – 8:20.32
• Lane 5 – Lotte Friis, Denmark – 8:23.86
• Lane 6 – Mireia Belmonte Garcia, Spain – 8:18.76
• Lane 7 – Boglarka Kapas, Hungary – 8:23.89
• Lane 8 – Coralie Balmy, France 8:29.26

Women’s 800-Meter Freestyle

15-year-old Katie Ledecky, the youngest member of the United States Olympic Team, won her preliminary heat Thursday and qualified for the finals of the women’s 800-meter freestyle at the Olympic Park Aquatics Centre in London.

The Stone Ridge School of the Sacred Heart rising sophomore posted the third-fastest preliminary time, finishing in 8:23.84.

The medal race is scheduled for Friday at 2:45 p.m. Eastern time.

Preliminaries:

Heat 3 (of 5)

• Lane 1 – Alexa Komarnycky, Canada – 8:28.11
• Lane 2 – Eva Risztov, Hungary – 8:29.06
• Lane 3 – Wendy Trott, South Africa – 8:28.98
• Lane 4 – Katie Ledecky, United States – 8:23.84
• Lane 5 – Mireia Belmonte Garcia, Spain – 8:25.26
• Lane 6 – Ellie Faulkner, Great Britain – 8:38.00
• Lane 7 – Grainne Murphy, Ireland – DNS
• Lane 8 – Elena Sokolova, Russian Federation – 8:42.73