Nine-time Olympic gold medallist Katie Ledecky closed out the US Swimming Championships with her third title of the week on Saturday, winning the 1,500m freestyle to book another event at this year’s World Championships in Singapore.

Bobby Finke and Gretchen Walsh also grabbed their third wins of the week in Indianapolis, Indiana, to set themselves up for multiple medal campaigns in Singapore.

Ledecky clocked 15min 36.76sec to win the 1,500m free by more than 25 seconds. Claire Weinstein, who swam in a different heat of the timed finals was second-fastest in 16:01.96.

“I just wanted to put together a pretty even swim, hold a good pace,” Ledecky told NBC Sports.

“That one hurt, but I’ll take it, move on to Singapore,” added the US great, who also won the 400m and a “really good” 800m fr

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