Katie Ledecky broke the 800m freestyle world record for the fourth time in as many years, clocking 8:06.68 in Austin, Texas, on Sunday night.
“I kind of knew from the start if I put together a good swim and swam it the right way that I could have a pretty good swim,” Ledecky said on NBC Sports Live Extra. “Every race is different, every race world record has some sort of meaning.”
Earlier Sunday, Michael Phelps notched another first in his comeback Sunday, beating Ryan Lochte in a 200m IM final for the first time since the London Olympics.