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 ...

Katie Ledecky swam the 13th-fastest time ever in the 800-meter freestyle, only she wasn’t racing the 800. She still had 700 meters to go. The American swimming star challenged her own unmatchable ...

Canadian Summer McIntosh won the 400m freestyle — the first of her two head-to-heads with Katie Ledecky — to open her bid to win a record-tying five individual gold medals at the World Swimming ...

Singapore, Singapore - July 29: World Champion Katie Ledecky of USA competing in the Women 1500m Freestyle Final Swimming event on day 19 of the Singapore 2025 World Aquatics Championships at WCH ...

From Summer McIntosh shattering three world records last month to Gretchen Walsh and Katie Ledecky lowering their own world records in May, the times have only gotten faster since the Paris Olympic ...

Stephen Smith is a managing editor for CBSNews.com based in New York. A Washington, D.C. native, Steve was previously an editorial producer for the Washington Post, and has also worked in Los Angeles, ...