You know Katie Ledecky from the 2012 London Olympics, where she swam very, very fast and came home with a gold medal in the women's 800M freestyle. It should come as no shock, then, that the 18-year-old American has more records to set. One just expects that she'd have to, ya know, TRY to set them. Nope.
American swimmer Katie Ledecky broke a World Record by accident
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That is Ledecky setting the world record for the women’s 1500M freestyle in a preliminary (!) heat at the FINA World Championships in Russia. This is what was going through her mind as she did something better than anyone on Earth has ever done it, via The Washington Post:
900 easy, 300 build, 300 choice. Translation: Go easy for the first 900 meters, build through the next 300 and do whatever you want at the end.
“I was barely even focusing on this morning’s swim,” she said. “I was just so relaxed.”
Just chilling, setting world records.
¯\_(ツ)_/¯
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