Katie Ledecky sets historic Olympic record, US track and field champion suffers shocking defeat

On August 4, female swimmer Katie Ledecky successfully 'revenged' her opponent Ariarne Titmus (Australia) when she won the 800m freestyle event, winning her second Olympic gold medal and making history. Meanwhile, female athlete Sha'Carri Richardson suffered a shocking defeat in athletics.

4 times Olympic gold medalist in the same event Katie Ledecky made Olympic swimming history after winning the 800m freestyle event with a time of 8 minutes 11 seconds 04, becoming the first person to win 4 gold medals in 4 consecutive Olympics in the same event. Previously only Michael Phelps achieved the feat in the men's 200m individual medley event.

After much pressure, Katie Ledecky finally had a successful Olympics with 2 gold medals, 1 silver medal and 1 bronze medal.

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This is Ledecky's second gold medal at Paris 2024 and the ninth of her storied career. It also marks another milestone, making Ledecky the sixth Olympian to achieve that number of gold medals, joining swimmer Mark Spitz, track and field star Carl Lewis, Soviet gymnast Larisa Latynina and Finnish athlete Paavo Nurmi. Ledecky has won 14 Olympic medals in total (9 gold, 4 silver and 1 bronze), concluding a very successful Olympics. She also became the most decorated female Olympic swimmer of all time, surpassing compatriots such as Dara Torres, Jenny Thompson and Natalie Coughlin (all with 12 medals). Meanwhile, the athlete who has won the most gold medals at the Olympics as well as in swimming to date is still super swimmer Michael Phelps with 23 medals. World 100m track and field champion Sha'Carri Richardson suffers shock defeat As swimming draws to a close, track and field begins its first day of competition. In the women's 100m sprint event, American world champion Sha'Carri Richardson suffered a shock defeat to little-known opponent Julien Alfred of Saint Lucia. Sha'Carri Richardson consolation silver medal by finishing in 10.87 seconds, narrowly losing to gold medalist Julien Alfred (10.72 seconds).

Julien Alfred (center), Sha'Carri Richardson (left)

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In her first Olympic appearance, Sha'Carri Richardson was expected to win the 100m gold medal after winning the world championship in Budapest in 2023. However, the 24-year-old American athlete was defeated by her opponent Julien Alfred. Julien made a great start, then accelerated in the rain at the Stade de France and finished 0.15 seconds ahead of Richardson. This impressive achievement by Julien Alfred helped the Saint Lucia sports delegation win the first gold medal at the 2024 Olympics and the first in the history of the Olympics. Meanwhile, the famous Jamaican athlete, Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce (3-time Olympic gold medal winner) suddenly withdrew from the semi-finals for unknown reasons, leaving the women's 100m race to be a contest between Sha'Carri Richardson and Julien Alfred. After the first two days of athletics at the 2024 Olympics, the US, China, Dominica, the Netherlands, Norway, Saint Lucia and Uganda all have 1 gold medal, promising a fierce medal fight in the coming days. Athletics will take place from August 1 to August 11, with a total of 48 medal events (23 for men, 23 for women, and 2 mixed events).

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