Princess US swimmer breaks record at Rio Olympics

RIO DE JANEIRO - swimmer from the United States, Katie Ledecky broke the world record in the Olympic Games Rio 2016. He won a swimming gold medal in the 400 meter women's freestyle, Monday (08/08/2016) .

Meanwhile, Jazz Carlin (United) won the silver medal, and compatriot Ledecky, Leah Smith won a bronze medal in the same pool. Quoted Inside The Games, this is the first gold medal in swimming Sekikat American Games Rio 2016.

Ledecky led from start to finish to set a new record of three minutes 56.46 seconds, surpassing the previous record of 3: 58.37 which he printed in Australia two years ago. Note that carve a new record in the 400 meters swimming branch.

Meanwhile, more interesting note made Carlin British. Although only won a silver medal, the achievement of a record extending classy British swimmer who always won a medal since the 1896 Summer Olympics.

For your information, defending Olympic champion Dana Vollmer won a bronze medal in the 100m butterfly with a time of 56.63.