RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – AUGUST 07: Katie Ledecky of the United States celebrates winning gold and setting a new world record in the Women’s 400m Freestyle Final on Day 2 of the Rio 2016 Olympic Games at the Olympic Aquatics Stadium on August 7, 2016 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. (Photo by Clive Rose/Getty Images)
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Heading into the 2016 Olympics, Katie Ledecky was expected to be one of the U.S.’s top performers. She backed up the hype Sunday in Rio.

While swimming in the finals of the 400-meter freestyle, Ledecky destroyed her own world record and won her first gold medal of the 2016 Games.

https://vine.co/v/5qYM6H3E7pB

Prior to Sunday’s final, Ledecky had already set the world record in this event and is only the second woman in history to swim this event in under four minutes. As the video shows, Ledecky was far ahead of her competition and broke her previous record by a ridiculous margin.

Here are some tweets also displaying how dominant Ledecky’s performance was:

https://twitter.com/WorldofIsaac/status/762471387315392513

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Ryan is a recent graduate of the University of Missouri and has recently returned to his Minnesota roots. He previously has worked for the Columbia Missourian, KFAN radio in Minneapolis and BringMeTheNews.com. Feel free to email me at rwilliamson29 AT Gmail dot com.

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