World Aquatics Championships 2023: How to watch Katie Ledecky swimming live and her full race schedule
Don't miss a minute of the American superstar's racing from Fukuoka. Here's her schedule and how to watch TV and digital livestream coverage.
Swimming
Seven-time Olympic gold medallist Katie Ledecky goes for more swimming glory this week at the 2023 World Aquatics Championships in Fukuoka, Japan.
Ledecky owns 19 World championships gold medals, including entering the meet as the defending champion in the women's 400m, 800m and 1500m freestyle disciplines.
After a stellar U.S. trials performance in late June, Ledecky arrives in Japan expected to race as many as four individual events and as many as two relays for Team USA.
Don't miss any of the action with Ledecky's complete schedule at the Worlds, as well as television and streaming information below.
World Aquatics Championships 2023: How to watch Katie Ledecky – Schedule
At the U.S. World Championships trials last month in Indianapolis, Ledecky qualified to swim the women's 200m, 400m, 800m, and 1500m freestyle individual races. She could also participate in both the 4x100m and 4x200m freestyle relays.
Below is the complete schedule of the races Ledecky could be involved in. All times are listed in U.S. Eastern time.
Saturday 22 July
- 9:30pm – Women’s 400m freestyle heats
- 9:30pm – Women’s 4x100m freestyle relay heats
Sunday 23 July
- 7am – Women’s 400m freestyle finals
- 7am – Women’s 4x100m freestyle relay finals
- 9:30pm – Women’s 1500m freestyle heats
Monday 24 July
- 9:30pm – Women’s 200m freestyle heats
Tuesday 25 July
- 7am – Women’s 200m freestyle semi-finals
- 7am – Women’s 1500m freestyle finals
Wednesday 26 July
- 7am – Women’s 200m freestyle finals
- 9:30pm – Women’s 4x200m freestyle relay heats
Thursday 27 July
- 7am - Women’s 4x200m freestyle relay finals
- 9:30pm – Women’s 800m freestyle heats
Saturday 29 July
- 7am – Women’s 800m freestyle finals
World Aquatics Championships 2023: How to watch Katie Ledecky – Television and streaming information
Fans in the United States can watch the action from Fukuoka via NBC television platforms and its digital streaming service Peacock.
In Europe, the European Broadcasting Union holds the rights for the World Aquatics Championships. Many EBU member broadcasters, including the BBC in the United Kingdom, France Télévisions in France, and RAI in Italy, are broadcasting the competition. The EBU's All Aquatics digital channel will also broadcast the events for free in Europe.
Fans in Australia can watch the 2023 World Championships on 9Network and 9Now.
TV Asahi serves as the broadcaster for hosts Japan.
Below is a list of other global broadcasters:
Canada – CBC
Brazil – Globo/SporTV
Mexico – Claro Sports
Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Paraguay, Peru, Uruguay and Venezuela: DirecTV
World Aquatics will also be offering coverage of the event through its Recast channel.