In the early morning of August 1, Beijing time, the Paris Olympic swimming event ended the women's 1500m freestyle final, and United States's Ledecky won two consecutive championships in 15:30.02, breaking the Olympic record of 15:35.35 she set at the Tokyo Olympics. It was Ledecky's eighth gold medal at the Olympics.
Kirpichnikova, who was naturalized from Russia and France, finished second in 15:40.35, and she burst into tears in tears as she was ecstatic. Germany's Gauss finished third in 15:41.16. Li Bingjie finished fifth in 16:01.03.
Li Bingjie was in third place for a short time at the beginning, and then dragged behind according to the tactics and waited for the opportunity.
Ledecky took the lead, with a time of 1:59.81 in the 200m, and had already thrown the other opponents out of a position or so. Ledecky finished the 300m in 3:01.78, with the nearest runner Kirpichnikova also three seconds behind.
The 1/3 point (500m) of the race was fast approaching, with Ledecky clocking in 5:06.71. The halfway time was 7:43.32, and Kilpicchnikova was about nine meters behind. At this time, Li Bingjie stabilized in the sixth position.
The 1000m Ledecky was 10:19.69. Kirpicnikova is about 11 meters apart.
After 1,300 meters, there is no player in the close-up shot who can be in the same frame as Ledecky.
In the end, Ledecky won the championship in 15:30.02, Kirpichnikova was second in 15:40.35, and Germany's Gauss was third in 15:41.16. Li Bingjie started to speed up in the last 300 meters, overtaking one runner and finishing fifth in 16:01.03.