INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Katie Ledecky is heading to her fourth Olympics, an accomplishment that seemed unimaginable when she was a 15-year-old kid in London. These days, it wouldn’t seem like a Summer Games without her. As steady as ever, Ledecky cruised to victory in the 400-meter freestyle at the U.S. swimming trials on Saturday night. She makes […]
U.S. Olympic swimmer Katie Ledecky said she was “inspired” to receive the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the nation’s highest civilian honor, in May. Ledecky is hopeful that inspiration will continue into competition next month as she returns to the pool for the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris. In a wide-ranging interview Monday morning with Stephanie Gosk […]
NEW YORK, March 7, 2024—Simon & Schuster announced today that it will publish Just Add Water, a memoir by Katie Ledecky on June 11, 2024, just before the Olympic trials. Ledecky is one of the best swimmers ever to compete. She has won more individual Olympic races than any female swimmer in history. A three-time Olympian, […]
US superstar swimmer Katie Ledecky surpassed Michael Phelps for most career individual world swimming titles on Saturday after winning her 16th gold medal. Ledecky also became the first-ever swimmer to win six consecutive world championships in the same event. The 26-year-old earned her 16th world title after winning the 800-meter freestyle in a time of 8:08.87 at the 2023 World Aquatic Championships […]
One of the most preposterous streaks in sports remained active Saturday morning in Tokyo: Katie Ledecky is undefeated in every 800-meter freestyle race she’s competed in for 11 years. The most dominant female swimmer in history cemented her status and immortalized her legend in her final race of 2021 with her signature discipline. Ledecky touched […]
Katie Ledecky was the youngest swimmer on the U.S. Olympic team in 2012 and 2016, but this past week, and especially Saturday night, the Olympic Trials showed the next generation arrived. Ten teenage women have qualified for the U.S. Olympic swim team, with another possible on the final day Sunday. It’s the most since 1996. Ledecky, […]
OMAHA, Neb. — The long and short of it was not an issue for Katie Ledecky. On another memorable night for the American swimming star, Ledecky won the 200-meter freestyle and the historic 1,500 free about 70 minutes apart at the U.S. Olympic trials Wednesday, locking up two more individual events for the Tokyo Games. […]
Katie Ledecky packed for this week’s U.S. Olympic swimming trials with her usual swim gear and unparalleled goals — plus a carefully folded black cap and gown. On Sunday, one day before her first race, Ledecky planned to take part in Stanford’s commencement ceremony — from an Omaha hotel room 1,700 miles away from campus. […]
Katie Ledecky is determined to make a splash in and out of the pool. As she celebrates the confidence and competitive spirit that exists in women as the face of BIC’s “Game On” campaign, the gold medalist is also championing gender equality in swimming. It’s no secret that there could be more gender equality in […]
One of the most pressure-packed sporting events in the world begins Sunday. The U.S. Olympic Trials for swimming is a crucible like few others in athletics, with lifetime hopes and dreams fulfilled or dashed by hundredths of seconds. In no other country is the competition as fierce for two spots in each event, and nobody […]