Lani Pallister stuns Katie Ledecky with her first international 800 free loss at Pan Pacs
Summary
Lani Pallister of Australia won the women’s 800-meter freestyle at the Pan Pacific Swimming Championships, beating Katie Ledecky for the first time in an international 800 free race. Kate Douglass of the United States set a new world record in the women’s 50-meter freestyle at the same event.Key Facts
- Lani Pallister won the 800-meter freestyle in 8:06.10, breaking the championship record set by Katie Ledecky in 2018.
- This was Katie Ledecky’s first international loss in the 800 free since 2010.
- Katie Ledecky finished second with a time of 8:07.26, her best swim of the week.
- Kate Douglass broke her own world record in the 50-meter freestyle with a time of 23.19 seconds.
- Douglass won three events on the final night of the Pan Pacific Championships.
- In the 200-meter breaststroke, Douglass finished second behind Canada’s Alexanne Lepage.
- Gretchen Walsh, another American swimmer, briefly held the 50 free record in the morning preliminaries before Douglass broke it again.
- The Pan Pacific Swimming Championships took place in Irvine, California.
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