https://www.siliconvalley.com/2021/07/27/tokyo-games-katie-ledecky-comes-back-to-win-the-first-ever-olympic-1500-freestyle/ > Katie Ledecky won the first-ever Olympic 1,500-meter freestyle and Erica Sullivan of Las Vegas took the silver on Tuesday night at the Tokyo Aquatics Center. > Ledecky, the Stanford star, rebounded from a fifth-place finish in the 200 meters an hour earlier. Ledecky won in a time of 15 minutes, 37.24 seconds, 4.07 seconds ahead of her teammate.