The women's 400-meter freestyle will feature the three women who have collectively held a lock on the world record for the ten years and counting: Katie Ledecky, Ariarne Titmus and Summer McIntosh.
The U.S. swimmer Katie Ledecky and Australia's Ariarne Titmus after a heat of the women's 400-meter freestyle event on Saturday in Paris. The final, set for Saturday afternoon, is one of the most anticipated events of the entire Summer Games.
The 400-meter freestyle final is set for 4:52 p.m. Eastern time in Paris's La Défense arena. All three are set to participate after qualifying in the morning heats in which Ledecky led with a 4:02.19.Ledecky, who is now 27, first burst into the spotlight at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, where she won four golds, including the 400-meter freestyle, in which she smashed the world record by nearly two seconds. Her mark of 3:56.46 stood for nearly six years.
Speaking to reporters earlier this month, Titmus said she expected McIntosh to rebound to"near-world record pace" at the Olympics."She probably hadn't been in an environment where the pressure was like that on her," Titmus said."I'm expecting her to come in and be a challenge to me."
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