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Katie Ledecky wins two races in one night at Olympic Swimming Trials

Katie Ledecky won the 200m freestyle and the 1500m freestyle in an 85-minute span at the U.S. Olympic Swimming Trials in Omaha on Wednesday night.

In the 200m free, Ledecky trailed at the halfway mark but won comfortably in 1:55.11. She’s joined in the individual 200m free by 2012 Olympic champion Allison Schmitt, who was 1.68 seconds behind and held on by .01 over Paige Madden. Schmitt, 31, made her fourth Olympic team after taking almost two years off after Rio, where she was strictly a relay swimmer.

Madden and fourth place Katie McLaughlin qualified for the 4x200m free relay.