Ledecky swims to 200m free win

LOS ANGELES: Five-time Olympic champion Katie Ledecky clocked the fastest 200m freestyle time in the world this year on Friday, hours after announcing she’d inked her first professional sponsorship deal with TYR. Ledecky has broken 14 world records and won six Olympic medals, but the 21-year-old didn’t turn professional until after the NCAA collegiate championships in March. In Friday’s Pro Swim meeting sponsored by TYR, Ledecky won the 200m free in 1 minute, 54.56 seconds. That improved on the previous best of 2018, the 1:54.81 set by Canadian Taylor Ruck at the Commonwealth Games in April.

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