
Some of Katie Ledecky’s historic greatness may have rubbed off on U.S. swimmer Bobby Finke during the men’s 1500-meter freestyle finals in the Paris Games on Sunday.
Finke finished the race in 14:30:67 to clinch gold and set a new world record, surpassing the previous record of 14:31:02 set by China’s Sun Yang at the 2012 London Olympics. Italy’s Gregorio Palterinieri took home silver (14:35:55) and Ireland’s Daniel Wiffen took home bronze (14:39:63).