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Katie Ledecky broke the world record in the 400-meter freestyle at the U.S. national championships Saturday night, becoming the first woman since Janet Evans to hold world marks in the 400, 800 and 1,500 freestyles at the same time. She was under world-record pace the entire race, dropping a whopping 1.71 seconds under at 250 meters. ''It was probably pretty close to perfect.'' After hitting the wall, the normally reserved Ledecky pounded the water and smiled broadly as the crowd cheered. She joined Italy's Federica Pellegrini as the only women to break 4 minutes in the event, with Ledecky dipping under that barrier three times now.
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