Katie Ledecky wins 400 free bronze in her first Olympic final in Paris

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NANTERRE, France — Katie Ledecky, the greatest female swimmer in history, added to her remarkable résumé Saturday night at the 2024 Olympic Games with a bronze medal in the much-anticipated women’s 400-meter freestyle race.

Ledecky, 27, the former world-record holder in the event who won the gold medal in 2016 in Rio and the silver in 2021 in Tokyo, hung on for third in 4:00.86.