Katie Ledecky nearly broke the 800m freestyle world record for the second time this spring, swimming the third-fastest time in history to open the Toyota U.S. Championships.

Ledecky was under her own world record pace through 650 meters. She ultimately clocked 8 minutes, 5.76 seconds, winning comfortably by 13.91 seconds in Indianapolis to qualify for the World Championships in Singapore in July and August.

The only faster times in history are Ledecky’s — 8:04.12 from May 3 and 8:04.79 from the 2016 Olympics. She owns the 11 best times in history globally and the top 29 times in American history, plus is unbeaten in the event for 15 years.

“The 800m was my last race in Fort Lauderdale (on May 3), and then having it the first race here, it kind of felt like I was just going right back in

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