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Paris
Katie Ledecky of the United States has claimed a record-breaking ninth women’s swimming gold with a win in the 800-metre freestyle at the Paris Games.
She now has one gold medal more than compatriot and previous record holder Jenny Thompson.
Ledecky has also equalled the overall female Olympic record of nine golds, held by Soviet Union gymnast Larisa Latynina.
The American became the seventh Olympian, in any sport, to win four consecutive gold medals in an individual event, a group that includes compatriot and swimming icon Michael Phelps, who won 23 golds in his career.
Earlier this week, she had become the first female swimmer to win gold medals at four Olympics with a win in the 1,500m freestyle.
Canada’s 17-year-old Summer McIntosh had an incredible recovery in the final metres of the women’s 200-metre individual medley to win her third gold.
McIntosh prevailed in a tight fight with Kate Douglass of the United States to set a new Olympic record of 2 minutes 06.56 seconds.
Douglass, who already had 200m breaststroke gold, took silver, 0.36 seconds behind.
The US had initially also claimed bronze through Alex Walsh but she was disqualified for an illegal turn as she flipped too early. The medal went to Australia’s Kaylee McKeown, her third medal in Paris after 100m and 200m backstroke golds.
McIntosh previously claimed 200m butterfly and 400m medley golds at the Paris Games.
Meanwhile, Hungary’s Kristóf Milák claimed gold, his second medal, in the men’s 100-metre butterfly.
In an extremely tight fight, Milák touched the wall just 0.09 seconds before second-placed Joshua Liendo of Canada.
Milák won 100m silver at Tokyo 2020 and a 200m silver in Paris.
The Canadian team also took bronze through Ilya Kharun, who completed a butterfly bronze double after also finishing the 200m in third.
World and Olympic records holder and Tokyo 2020 winner Caeleb Dressel of the United States failed to qualify to the final.