{"id":238708,"date":"2026-01-15T03:46:07","date_gmt":"2026-01-15T03:46:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/238708\/"},"modified":"2026-01-15T03:46:07","modified_gmt":"2026-01-15T03:46:07","slug":"katie-ledecky-swims-second-fasest-1500m-freestyle-in-history-at-pro-swim-series-austin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/238708\/","title":{"rendered":"Katie Ledecky swims second-fasest 1500m freestyle in history at Pro Swim Series Austin"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.olympics.com\/en\/athletes\/katie-ledecky\" data-tracking-payload=\"{&quot;implementation_provider&quot;:&quot;sed&quot;,&quot;content_geography&quot;:&quot;AF,AX,AL,DZ,AS,AD,AO,AI,AQ,AG,AR,AM,AW,AU,AT,AZ,BS,BH,BD,BB,BY,BE,BZ,BJ,BM,BT,BO,BQ,BA,BW,BV,BR,IO,UM,VG,VI,BN,BG,BF,BI,KH,CM,CA,CV,KY,CF,TD,CL,CN,CX,CC,CO,KM,CG,CD,CK,CR,HR,CU,CW,CY,CZ,DK,DJ,DM,DO,EC,EG,SV,GQ,ER,EE,ET,FK,FO,FJ,FI,FR,GF,PF,TF,GA,GM,GE,DE,GH,GI,GR,GL,GD,GP,GU,GT,GG,GN,GW,GY,HT,HM,VA,HN,HK,HU,IS,IN,ID,CI,IR,IQ,IE,IM,IL,IT,JM,JP,JE,JO,KZ,KE,KI,KW,KG,LA,LV,LB,LS,LR,LY,LI,LT,LU,MO,MK,MG,MW,MY,MV,ML,MT,MH,MQ,MR,MU,YT,MX,FM,MD,MC,MN,ME,MS,MA,MZ,MM,NA,NR,NP,NL,NC,NZ,NI,NE,NG,NU,NF,KP,MP,NO,OM,PK,PW,PS,PA,PG,PY,PE,PH,PN,PL,PT,PR,QA,RE,RO,RU,RW,BL,SH,KN,LC,MF,PM,VC,WS,SM,ST,SA,SN,RS,SC,SL,SG,SX,SK,SI,SB,SO,ZA,GS,KR,SS,ES,LK,SD,SR,SJ,SZ,SE,CH,SY,TW,TJ,TZ,TH,TL,TG,TK,TO,TT,TN,TR,TM,TC,TV,UG,UA,AE,GB,US,UY,UZ,VU,VE,VN,WF,EH,YE,ZM,ZW,XK&quot;,&quot;content_id&quot;:&quot;cfac2242-1e4b-4c06-9d46-54d9ab340b57&quot;,&quot;content_release_date_local_utc&quot;:&quot;2026-01-15T02:01:55.637Z&quot;,&quot;content_title&quot;:&quot;Katie Ledecky swims second-fasest 1500m freestyle in history at Pro Swim Series Austin&quot;,&quot;tag&quot;:&quot;[\\&quot;discipline-swimming\\&quot;,\\&quot;noc-us\\&quot;,\\&quot;katie-ledecky\\&quot;,\\&quot;newsclip\\&quot;,\\&quot;gender-female\\&quot;,\\&quot;apple-news-all\\&quot;,\\&quot;north-america-editorial\\&quot;]&quot;,&quot;module_type&quot;:&quot;TextBlock&quot;,&quot;module_title&quot;:&quot;Katie Ledecky swims second-fasest 1500m freestyle in history at Pro Swim Series Austin&quot;,&quot;section_level_1&quot;:&quot;news&quot;,&quot;section_level_2&quot;:&quot;katie-ledecky-second-fasest-1500m-freestyle-in-history-pro-swim-series-austin&quot;,&quot;discipline&quot;:&quot;discipline-swimming&quot;,&quot;odf_id&quot;:&quot;SWM&quot;,&quot;module_instance&quot;:&quot;Inline&quot;,&quot;module_id&quot;:null}\" data-tracking=\"click\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Katie Ledecky<\/a> wasted no time snatching headlines during her season opening <a href=\"https:\/\/www.olympics.com\/en\/sports\/swimming\/\" data-tracking-payload=\"{&quot;implementation_provider&quot;:&quot;sed&quot;,&quot;content_geography&quot;:&quot;AF,AX,AL,DZ,AS,AD,AO,AI,AQ,AG,AR,AM,AW,AU,AT,AZ,BS,BH,BD,BB,BY,BE,BZ,BJ,BM,BT,BO,BQ,BA,BW,BV,BR,IO,UM,VG,VI,BN,BG,BF,BI,KH,CM,CA,CV,KY,CF,TD,CL,CN,CX,CC,CO,KM,CG,CD,CK,CR,HR,CU,CW,CY,CZ,DK,DJ,DM,DO,EC,EG,SV,GQ,ER,EE,ET,FK,FO,FJ,FI,FR,GF,PF,TF,GA,GM,GE,DE,GH,GI,GR,GL,GD,GP,GU,GT,GG,GN,GW,GY,HT,HM,VA,HN,HK,HU,IS,IN,ID,CI,IR,IQ,IE,IM,IL,IT,JM,JP,JE,JO,KZ,KE,KI,KW,KG,LA,LV,LB,LS,LR,LY,LI,LT,LU,MO,MK,MG,MW,MY,MV,ML,MT,MH,MQ,MR,MU,YT,MX,FM,MD,MC,MN,ME,MS,MA,MZ,MM,NA,NR,NP,NL,NC,NZ,NI,NE,NG,NU,NF,KP,MP,NO,OM,PK,PW,PS,PA,PG,PY,PE,PH,PN,PL,PT,PR,QA,RE,RO,RU,RW,BL,SH,KN,LC,MF,PM,VC,WS,SM,ST,SA,SN,RS,SC,SL,SG,SX,SK,SI,SB,SO,ZA,GS,KR,SS,ES,LK,SD,SR,SJ,SZ,SE,CH,SY,TW,TJ,TZ,TH,TL,TG,TK,TO,TT,TN,TR,TM,TC,TV,UG,UA,AE,GB,US,UY,UZ,VU,VE,VN,WF,EH,YE,ZM,ZW,XK&quot;,&quot;content_id&quot;:&quot;cfac2242-1e4b-4c06-9d46-54d9ab340b57&quot;,&quot;content_release_date_local_utc&quot;:&quot;2026-01-15T02:01:55.637Z&quot;,&quot;content_title&quot;:&quot;Katie Ledecky swims second-fasest 1500m freestyle in history at Pro Swim Series Austin&quot;,&quot;tag&quot;:&quot;[\\&quot;discipline-swimming\\&quot;,\\&quot;noc-us\\&quot;,\\&quot;katie-ledecky\\&quot;,\\&quot;newsclip\\&quot;,\\&quot;gender-female\\&quot;,\\&quot;apple-news-all\\&quot;,\\&quot;north-america-editorial\\&quot;]&quot;,&quot;module_type&quot;:&quot;TextBlock&quot;,&quot;module_title&quot;:&quot;Katie Ledecky swims second-fasest 1500m freestyle in history at Pro Swim Series Austin&quot;,&quot;section_level_1&quot;:&quot;news&quot;,&quot;section_level_2&quot;:&quot;katie-ledecky-second-fasest-1500m-freestyle-in-history-pro-swim-series-austin&quot;,&quot;discipline&quot;:&quot;discipline-swimming&quot;,&quot;odf_id&quot;:&quot;SWM&quot;,&quot;module_instance&quot;:&quot;Inline&quot;,&quot;module_id&quot;:null}\" data-tracking=\"click\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">swim<\/a> at the 2026 Pro Swim Series Austin on Wednesday (14 January), clocking a head turning time of 15:23.21 to win the women\u2019s 1500m freestyle.<\/p>\n<p>Powering away from the rest of the field without too much of a fight,\u00a0Ledecky set the tone for a largely one woman show early in the race. By the time she reached the\u00a0wall, she\u2019d lapped every other finalist in the event, including runner-up Brinkleigh Hansen (16:31.31).<\/p>\n<p>While the junior swimmer put up an admirable fight given the circumstances, she was no match for the resurgent distance queen. She finished more than a minute down on\u00a0Ledecky, who managed to set the fastest time ever swam in the distance this early season.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>It was second only to her own world record of 15:20.48, which she set at another Pro Swim Series meet back in May 2018, with the time served as warning for those looking to dethrone\u00a0Ledecky at the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.olympics.com\/en\/olympic-games\/los-angeles-2028\" data-tracking-payload=\"{&quot;implementation_provider&quot;:&quot;sed&quot;,&quot;content_geography&quot;:&quot;AF,AX,AL,DZ,AS,AD,AO,AI,AQ,AG,AR,AM,AW,AU,AT,AZ,BS,BH,BD,BB,BY,BE,BZ,BJ,BM,BT,BO,BQ,BA,BW,BV,BR,IO,UM,VG,VI,BN,BG,BF,BI,KH,CM,CA,CV,KY,CF,TD,CL,CN,CX,CC,CO,KM,CG,CD,CK,CR,HR,CU,CW,CY,CZ,DK,DJ,DM,DO,EC,EG,SV,GQ,ER,EE,ET,FK,FO,FJ,FI,FR,GF,PF,TF,GA,GM,GE,DE,GH,GI,GR,GL,GD,GP,GU,GT,GG,GN,GW,GY,HT,HM,VA,HN,HK,HU,IS,IN,ID,CI,IR,IQ,IE,IM,IL,IT,JM,JP,JE,JO,KZ,KE,KI,KW,KG,LA,LV,LB,LS,LR,LY,LI,LT,LU,MO,MK,MG,MW,MY,MV,ML,MT,MH,MQ,MR,MU,YT,MX,FM,MD,MC,MN,ME,MS,MA,MZ,MM,NA,NR,NP,NL,NC,NZ,NI,NE,NG,NU,NF,KP,MP,NO,OM,PK,PW,PS,PA,PG,PY,PE,PH,PN,PL,PT,PR,QA,RE,RO,RU,RW,BL,SH,KN,LC,MF,PM,VC,WS,SM,ST,SA,SN,RS,SC,SL,SG,SX,SK,SI,SB,SO,ZA,GS,KR,SS,ES,LK,SD,SR,SJ,SZ,SE,CH,SY,TW,TJ,TZ,TH,TL,TG,TK,TO,TT,TN,TR,TM,TC,TV,UG,UA,AE,GB,US,UY,UZ,VU,VE,VN,WF,EH,YE,ZM,ZW,XK&quot;,&quot;content_id&quot;:&quot;cfac2242-1e4b-4c06-9d46-54d9ab340b57&quot;,&quot;content_release_date_local_utc&quot;:&quot;2026-01-15T02:01:55.637Z&quot;,&quot;content_title&quot;:&quot;Katie Ledecky swims second-fasest 1500m freestyle in history at Pro Swim Series Austin&quot;,&quot;tag&quot;:&quot;[\\&quot;discipline-swimming\\&quot;,\\&quot;noc-us\\&quot;,\\&quot;katie-ledecky\\&quot;,\\&quot;newsclip\\&quot;,\\&quot;gender-female\\&quot;,\\&quot;apple-news-all\\&quot;,\\&quot;north-america-editorial\\&quot;]&quot;,&quot;module_type&quot;:&quot;TextBlock&quot;,&quot;module_title&quot;:&quot;Katie Ledecky swims second-fasest 1500m freestyle in history at Pro Swim Series Austin&quot;,&quot;section_level_1&quot;:&quot;news&quot;,&quot;section_level_2&quot;:&quot;katie-ledecky-second-fasest-1500m-freestyle-in-history-pro-swim-series-austin&quot;,&quot;discipline&quot;:&quot;discipline-swimming&quot;,&quot;odf_id&quot;:&quot;SWM&quot;,&quot;module_instance&quot;:&quot;Inline&quot;,&quot;module_id&quot;:null}\" data-tracking=\"click\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Olympic Games LA28<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Her victory also came hot on the heels of her history-making 1650-yard swim in December 2025, which signaled her continued strength in swimming\u2019s longest events.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>More to follow\u2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Katie Ledecky wasted no time snatching headlines during her season opening swim at the 2026 Pro Swim Series&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":238709,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[85,46,105],"class_list":{"0":"post-238708","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-sports","8":"tag-il","9":"tag-israel","10":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/238708","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=238708"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/238708\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/238709"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=238708"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=238708"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=238708"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}