Katie Ledecky tied former Soviet gymnast Larisa Latynina for most gold medals by any female Olympian at the Paris Olympics on Saturday, Aug. 3.
The swimmer tied former Soviet gymnast Larisa Latynina for most gold medals by any female Olympian at the Paris Olympics on Saturday, Aug. 3Rachel DeSantis is a staff writer on the music team at PEOPLE. She has been working at PEOPLE since 2019, and her work has previously appeared in Entertainment Weekly and the New York Daily News.in the women’s 800-meter freestyle in Paris on Saturday, Aug. 3, tying former Soviet gymnast Larisa Latynina for most gold medals by any female Olympian.
The win, which came at Paris’s La Défense Arena, marked Ledecky’s 14th Olympic medal, and her fourth consecutive gold in the women’s 800-meter freestyle. She previously set a world record in the event in Rio in 2016, with a time of 8:04.79.
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