Paris 2024 Olympics day seven: athletics, golf, rowing, swimming and more – live

Paris 2024 Olympics day seven: athletics, golf, rowing, swimming and more – live

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From one GOAT to another; Katie Ledecky yesterday became the female swimmer with the most medals in Olympic history. She now has eight gold, four silver, and a bronze. One at London 2012, five at Rio 2016, four at Tokyo 2020, and three so far at Paris 2024.

Ledecky is a lock for a medal in the 800m freestyle, a race in which she holds the 29 fastest times in history, and five of the top six times this year.

One night after the 27-year-old American became the first female swimmer to win gold medals at four different Olympics after retaining her title in the women’s 1500m freestyle, Ledecky added a 13th Olympic medal, one more than countrywomen Jenny Thompson, Dara Torres and Natalie Coughlin and Australia’s Emma McKeon.

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