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Swimmer Katie Ledecky tied the mark for the most Olympic gold medals won (eight) by a U.S. female athlete, erasing her foes in her signature event -- the 1,500-meter freestyle Wednesday in Paris.

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Backdrop, debuts, comebacks and legacies make Paris Olympics essential viewing

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2016 Rio Olympics: Katie Ledecky leads qualifiers at U.S. swim trials

OMAHA, Neb. -- More new faces and a familiar one qualified Monday for the U.S. team for the Rio Games during the second day of competition at the Olympic Swimming Trials.

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Natalie Coughlin booted from 'DWTS'

Olympic swimmer Natalie Coughlin and her professional dance partner, Alec Mazo, were booted from "Dancing with the Stars" in Los Angeles Tuesday night.

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Swimmer Coughlin breaks own world record Feb 17, 2008

Natalie Anne Coughlin (born August 23, 1982) is an American swimmer and eleven-time Olympic medallist.

At the 2008 Summer Olympics, Coughlin became the first American female athlete in modern Olympic history to win six medals in one Olympics and the first woman ever to win a 100 m backstroke gold in two consecutive Olympics.

Coughlin's success has earned her the World Swimmer of the Year Award one time and American Swimmer of the Year Award three times. She has won a total of forty-eight medals in major international competition, twenty-one gold, seventeen silver, and ten bronze spanning the Olympics, the World, and the Pan Pacific Championships.

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