Katie Ledecky wins gold in women's 1,500-meter freestyle, tying record with 8th Olympic victory

Katie Ledecky won her record-tying eighth Olympic gold medal on Wednesday, taking home the victory in the women's 1500-meter freestyle on Wednesday.

Make that eight-time Olympic gold medalist Katie Ledecky.

The 27-year-old tied Jenny Thompson for the most Olympic gold medals in women's swimming history after taking home the 1,500-meter on Wednesday. She set an Olympic record time of 15:30.02 in her dominant win.

It was also her 12th medal overall, tying Thompson and Emma McKeon for the most in Olympic history in women's swimming.

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Ledecky was well ahead early on, getting out to a lead of over three seconds a quarter of the way through.  At the 1200-meter mark, it had gone up to nearly eight seconds. It wound up being a double-digit second victory.

She also won the event in Tokyo.

The lead got so far that cameras had to zoom out just to show the next-fastest swimmer.

Entering Wednesday, she had one medal in these games, taking home the bronze in the women's 400m freestyle.

Ledecky will go for gold once again for the 800-meter freestyle, with the final coming up on Saturday afternoon.

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