[111] Ledecky won the 200 meter and 1500 meter freestyle finals in a time span of about 70 minutes as well as collecting her medal at the 200 meter freestyle medal ceremony and eating a snack. No detail is too small. When Titmus first turned up to training with Boxall she was 16 seconds off Ledecky in the 400m, but slowly started to chip away and after a year she had halved the gap. Its a remarkable combination, particularly for someone to be that dominant for so long, which takes so much commitment, while at the same time being so nice and polite and kind., Matt Barbini, USA Swimmings national team performance director. Ledecky was also named Associated Press Female Athlete of the Year in 2017 and 2022, international female Champion of Champions by L'quipe in 2014 and 2017, United States Olympic Committee Female Athlete of the Year in 2013, 2016 and 2017, Sportswoman of the Year by the Women's Sports Foundation in 2017, and the ESPY Best Female Athlete in 2022. Its just her commitment and desire for getting better.. When Bruce Gemmell took over as Ledeckys coach at the Nations Capital Swim Club in late 2012, his young charge had an Olympic gold medal, but couldnt do a pullup. She wasnt a great puller. The next day, Ledecky added her third meet record by swimming on the American 4200-meter freestyle relay team with Shannon Vreeland, Missy Franklin, and Leah Smith. Ledecky provided the US with an early lead, swimming the first leg in a personal best of 1:56.32. [4], Ledecky began swimming at the age of six due to the influence of her older brother, Michael, and her mother, who swam for the University of New Mexico. Rio Olympics: Katie Ledecky dominating in run-up to Games View Photos Bethesda teen will swim four events in Rio. She didnt hesitate to start faster than they expected and maintain the aggressive pace. In the debut of the women's 1500 meter freestyle at the Summer Olympics, Ledecky set an Olympic record in her heat with a time of 15:35.35 and advanced to the final ranked first overall. With her pair of swims in the 800-meter freestyle, Ledecky took control of the top 11 fastest times in the event's history. Ledecky began 2016 at the Arena Pro Swim Series at Austin. Many of the top women in the world also possess great height, as world record-holders Sarah Sjostrom and Katie Ledeckey are both six feet tall (1.83m), while 100 free gold medalists Simone Manuel. On the fourth day of the Olympic trials, for example, she won the 200 freestyle by a full body length after pulling away in the final 50 meters. [34], Ledecky scored more points than any other swimmer to earn the FINA trophy for best female swimmer of the meet.[35]. Her world records came in the 800- and 1500-meter freestyles. That night, Ledecky lowered the record again, setting the first world record ever at the new Gold Coast Aquatic Center with a time of 3:58.37. Allyson Felix is determined to make the U.S. Olympic track and field team for the upcoming Tokyo Games as she looks to add to her legacy in the sport. Her world records came in the 400- and 1500-meter freestyles, with times of 3:58.37 and 15:28.36, respectively. Ledecky qualified in the heats with a time of 3:58.71, an Olympic record. The time: 55.66 seconds. In the final, she won the gold medal with a world record time of 3:56.46nearly two seconds faster than her previous record from 2014 and almost 5 seconds ahead of the silver medalist, Jazmin Carlin. They realized the goals, lofty as they might seem for a teenager, were too pedestrian. But the time was almost five seconds off Ledeckys world record set in Rio. Shes not afraid to fail. [94][95] The 400 meter freestyle was the first race on Ledecky's schedule where she had the opportunity to make the 2020 USA Olympic Team. Some of these things that might have come naturally and unconsciously when she was 16, now its conscious, Mark said. The 800? Figure Skating championships. [123] This was Ledecky's first loss in an individual event at the Olympics. The collision of hand and water is one piece of a complex, fast-paced puzzle in which the grab and breathing and body rotation and head position and kick and proper body alignment and arms cutting into the pool at the precise angle must work in concert. She got her degree instead", "What's Next For Super Olympian Katie Ledecky? She won gold in the 800-meter and 1,500-meter freestyles in Tokyo, as well as silver medals in the 400-meter and 4x200-meter freestyle events. She also holds the fastest-ever times in the women's 500-, 1000-, and 1650-yard freestyle events. Following Suguiyama's departure to coach for the University of California, Berkeley, she continued to train with the Nation's Capital Swim Club under coach Bruce Gemmell through the 2016 Olympics. [120][121] However, she finished second to Australian swimmer Ariarne Titmus to win the silver medal, trailing Titmus by half a second after leading at the 300m mark. Ledecky's success has earned her Swimming World's Female World Swimmer of the Year a record-breaking five times. [50] Earlier in the meet, she set world-leading times in the 200- and 400-meter freestyles and a U.S.-leading time in the 100-meter freestyle. [74] She signed with Wasserman sports agent Dan Levy for representation.[75]. But she acknowledged having the same nerves as any other competitor at the trials and, in all sincerity, said she didnt take making the Tokyo Games for granted. She subsequently announced her withdrawal from the 1500 and 200-meter freestyle due to illness.[81]. I think she loves the training more than she loves competing, Michael said. Still recovering from illness, Ledecky qualified second the next day for the final of the 800-meter freestyle. Katie Ledecky is the most decorated of female swimmer in history with six individual Olympic gold medals and 14 individual long course world titles to date. Theres a decades worth of underwater video too. For lengthy races like the 1,500 meters, this must remain constant for more than 15 minutes. On the first day of competition, Ledecky led Australian Ariarne Titmus into the final wall of the 400-meter freestyle final before fading to second. She has an uncanny ability to remain herself, not flinch in the face of scrutiny and focus on the task at hand. Thats whats allowing her to get such a good grab of the water and have such good force generation per stroke.. She broke the existing mark by five seconds. [84] Readers of The London Evening Standard voted Ledecky the International Sportswoman of the Decade. The 1,500? It might be easy to brush off the prediction as a fluke, but chance doesnt play much of a role when Ledecky is involved. In the 400-meter freestyle, Ledecky set her third world record of the year by breaking Federica Pellegrini's 2009 world record of 3:59.15 with a time of 3:58.86. That performance burned into the coachs memory. In the 1650-yard freestyle, Ledecky re-set her NCAA record in the 1000-yard free with a split of 9:05.89 en route to winning by more than 28 seconds. Ledecky, who has broken the 4-minute barrier in the distance 20 times, thought she had been faster. Midway through the 25-meter journeys at the Palisades Swim and Tennis Club in Cabin John, Md., shed grab a lane line and catch her breath like so many other 6-year-olds figuring out how to swim. [33] Anchor Missy Franklin overtook Australian Alicia Coutts in the last 200 meters, giving the US the gold. [7] In total, she has won 42 medals (34 golds, 7 silvers, and 1 bronze) in major international competitions, spanning the Summer Olympics, World Championships, and Pan Pacific Championships. A week after she obliterated the 1500m short-course record, Katie Ledecky broke another - this time in the 800m as she stormed to victory at the FINA World Cup in Indianapolis.. [53], Her first individual event was the 400-meter freestyle. Having already set 11 world records, she is a favorite to win at the Rio Olympics in the women's 200-, 400- and. [44] Ledecky was also named the female swimmer of the meet. [108] These two swims secured her spots on the US Olympic Team for the 2020 Summer Olympics in the 1500 meter freestyle and 200 meter freestyle individual events as well as the 4x200 meter freestyle relay. And theyre ultimately suggestions straining to answer a larger question. In her fourth and last event, the 800-meter freestyle, Ledecky won gold in a world record of 8:13.86, bettering Rebecca Adlington's world record of 8:14.10. She also holds the fastest-ever times in the women's 500-, 1000-, and 1650-yard freestyle events. But Katie Ledecky would rather study it at Stanford once the Rio Games are in the past. Were content to enjoy the gift. Athlete. Then it did. They are the first Olympians to be given this honor. In the 400-yard individual medley, Ledecky broke Katinka Hossz's all-time record by one-hundredth of a second, finishing in 3:56.53. 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She has won seven Olympic gold medals and 19 world championship gold medals, the most in history for a female swimmer. [72], At the NCAA Championships, Ledecky won the 500 and 1650-yard freestyle events by record margins and anchored the winning 800-yard freestyle relay team of Katie Drabot, Brooke Forde, and Ella Eastin. But within an hour of each other? Visit latimes.com/olympics now and throughout the Games for the latest Olympic news and analysis. Shes always trying to maximize her performance so theres nothing left in the tank. She doesnt have a central governor like most athletes do, that mind-to-muscle idea that I need to shut down right now. Theres nothing you can throw at her that she cant convince herself that she can do.. Four years later, she left Rio de Janeiro as the most decorated female athlete of the 2016 Olympic Games, with four gold medals, one silver medal, and two world records. The same all-out approach Ledecky brought to the final 25 meters of the 200 freestyle at the Rio de Janeiro Olympics she edged Swedens Sarah Sjostrom by .35 seconds for gold despite feeling queasy happens regularly in practice with nothing at stake other than numbers on a clock. Her gold was the first international medal of her career, earning her the 2012 Best Female Performance of the Year and Breakout Performer of the Year at the Golden Goggle Awards. [25][26] Her third-place finish in the 400-meter freestyle was the fastest time ever swum by a 15- to 16-year-old American. [71], Following another undefeated dual meet season, Ledecky earned Swimmer of the Meet honors for the second straight year at the Pac-12 Championships in Federal Way, sweeping the 500-yard freestyle, 400-yard individual medley, and 200-yard freestyle. She was just doing what Jon was saying.. We dont talk about it. Ledecky began the year by breaking her own world records in the 800- and 1500-meter freestyle at the 2014 Woodlands Swim Team Senior Invitational in June. She has an elder brother. The Australian, who beat Ledecky to 400m freestyle gold on Monday, also took victory in Wednesday's 200m freestyle final, with Hong Kong's Siobhan Haughey in second and Canada's Penny Olesiak. [38], At the 2014 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships in Gold Coast, Australia, Ledecky won five gold medals and broke two world records. Ledecky's supremacy is not born of any freakish physiological gifts such as Phelps' enormous wingspan or double jointed ankles. Maybe there isnt a secret. The quiet 15-year-old usually kept up with the men, who noticed fearlessness and poise that belied her youth. [41], On the meet's final day, Ledecky set her fifth world record of the year, lowering her record in the 1500-meter freestyle by nearly six seconds with a time of 15:28.36. Barbini noticed the mix of intensity and care thats as much a part of Ledecky as the blazing times. On the seventh day of competition, Ledecky completed her World Championships run by winning gold in the 800-meter freestyle in a world record time of 8:07.39, breaking her own record by 3.61 seconds.[44]. The 400? This was Ledecky's first international loss in a final in individual event. [101][102][103], In the morning of day three, Ledecky swam a 1:57.58 in the 200 meter freestyle prelims, ranking second fastest of all heats. Is she tall for an elite swimmer? However, elite swimmers focus on how to generate propulsion more efficiently.. [39], In the 200-meter freestyle final, Ledecky had over a half-second lead on the field at the halfway point before winning by 1.46 seconds with a meet record time of 1:55.74. At the 2014 US National Championships, the qualifying meet for both the 2014 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships and the 2015 World Aquatics Championships, Ledecky finished first in the 200-, 400-, and 800-meter freestyle. At 6 feet, the second-time Olympian is not extraordinarily tall compared with her peers. But she shows gratitude and appreciation and keeps people coming back to get their heads kicked in.. At year's end, Ledecky was named the World Swimmer of the Year and American Swimmer of the Year by Swimming World Magazine. In the team standings, Stanford beat runner-up California-Berkeley by 220 points, the largest margin of victory in 25 years. But she was always bouncing up and down, really bouncy in the water and I think you can swim better than that.. [54], Ledecky won a second gold in the 200-meter freestyle with a personal best of 1:53.73, beating Sarah Sjstrm by 0.35 seconds. They cant quantify this, but believe she hangs onto more water than other swimmers. In winning the 400 through 1500-meter titles, she became the second woman ever to win the events in a World Championships since German Hannah Stockbauer in 2003. And perhaps thats the greatest mystery of all. A 58-foot-wide picture of Ledecky adorned the outside of the CHI Health Center in Omaha during the Olympic trials in 2016. Turned out a bigger foe lurked behind him: the pace clock. Her strength-to-body mass ratio is probably in the top 98%.. [85] She finished third in the Associated Press's Female Athlete of the Decade voting, behind Serena Williams and Simone Biles. Dwyer topped out at 40 inches. [130] Ledecky won her second gold medal of the Olympics and her seventh of all time in the 800-meter freestyle. The girl couldnt make it across the pool. Ledecky sometimes texts her mother, Mary Gen, or brother, Michael, after a particularly good set. But can I please just watch? Huske won the race and set an American record in the event. But Ledecky doesnt just beat records, she transforms them. On the fourth day of competition, Ledecky tied for silver in the 200-meter freestyle (with Emma McKeon), finishing behind Federica Pellegrini with a time of 1:55.18. The next day, Ledecky anchored for Team USA in the women's 4x200 freestyle relay, winning a silver medal alongside teammates Allison Schmitt, Paige Madden, and Katie McLaughlin behind China. Trust me, Gemmell said. She was swimming like most classic female distance swimmers, Suguiyama later told the American Swimming Coaches Assn. Katie Ledecky, left, finishes the womens 400-meter freestyle final far ahead of silver medal winner Leah Smith, right, during the World Aquatics Championships in Budapest, Hungary, on July 23, 2017. Katie Ledecky, byname of Kathleen Genevieve Ledecky, (born March 17, 1997, Washington, D.C., U.S.), American swimmer who was one of the sport's dominant freestylers in the early 21st century, breaking numerous records. At the 2016 United States Olympic Trials in Omaha, Nebraska, Ledecky won the 200-, 400- and 800-meter freestyles to qualify for her second Olympic team. In between London and Rio, Ledecky quietly became the world's most dominant swimmer no longer just a distance specialist. (Charlie Neibergall / Associated Press) Michael Phelps, the 28-time. A combination of protein (like chicken, steak, or salmon) and a carb (like rice, vegetable, or pasta) rounds out her day. On the third day, Ledecky defeated Titmus wire-to-wire in the 400-meter freestyle.[80]. [8], Ledecky was born in Washington, D.C.[1] and raised in the suburb of Bethesda, Maryland,[9] the daughter of Mary Gen (Hagan) and David Ledecky. Since NCAA rules keep mens and womens swim teams that dont use the same coach from practicing together, Ledecky used lane 12 and Sweetser lane 11. A seven-time Olympic gold medalist and record-breaking swimmer, 24-year-old Katie Ledecky is one of the most decorated Olympic athletes from the Tokyo games. Her Czech-born paternal grandfather Jaromr Ledecky arrived in New York City on September 8, 1947, as a student,[10] later becoming an economist, and married an Ashkenazi Jewish woman named Berta Ruth Greenwald (Ledecky's paternal grandmother) in Brooklyn on December 30, 1956, and through her Ledecky has relatives who were killed in the Holocaust in Europe. She wasnt a great kicker. [46], On the third day of competition during the morning session, Ledecky swam in the heats of the 200-meter freestyle and qualified first with a time of 1:55.82. Maybe the explanation is unknowable. 'Gallop' or a 'giddy-up' Once the swimmers emerge from below the surface and. TOKYO Katie Ledecky has won her first gold of the Tokyo Olympics, in the 1,500 meter freestyle race. This is a completely different kind of race, 30 laps of endurance that is part of the womens Olympic program in Tokyo for the first time. That continued when Ledecky arrived at Stanford as a freshman in 2016. But she addressed it and moved forward. Ledecky has plenty, starting with the hip turn and core that provide much of her power. Ledecky's fastest time in the 400 freestyle is the world record time, 3:56.46, set in her gold medal-winning performance at the 2016 Rio Olympics. Hideki Takagi, a professor at the University of Tsukuba in Japan focused on the hydrodynamics and biomechanics of swimming, underlined the importance of this trait. If any single item is responsible for her transformation, the grueling sessions away from television cameras and autograph-seeking fans might be it. She has recognition of these things in the middle of a race and can make an adjustment. Katie Ledecky is doing what Katie Ledecky does! the public address announcer shouted last month as she completed another convincing victory during the U.S. Olympic swimming trials in Omaha, Neb. Ledecky's winning time was over six seconds quicker than American teammate and silver medalist Cierra Runge. At the 2019 World Aquatics Championships in Gwangju, South Korea, Ledecky battled illness and withdrew from two events before winning her fourth-straight World Championship title in the 800-meter freestyle. The stories pile up. At the Ohio State Invitational in November 2016, Ledecky lowered her American and U.S. Open marks in the women's 500-yard freestyle and 1650-yard freestyle.[60]. [58] Ledecky was also the 2nd most decorated Olympian at the 2016 games behind Michael Phelps (5 golds, 1 silver).[59]. In the final, she joined Simone Manuel, Abbey Weitzeil, and Dana Vollmer and recorded a split of 52.79, helping the team earn a silver medal (behind Australia) with a time of 3:31.89, a new national record for the United States. [91], As part of the NBC evening telecast for day one of the 2020 USA Swimming Olympic Trials (postponed to June 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic), Ledecky was featured in an interview discussing Stanford University's commencement, finishing her college degree, and training for the Olympic Trials. Experts single out the way Ledeckys palm wraps about the water and pulls it back. At the Olympic trials last month, Greg Meehan, Ledeckys coach who leads the Stanford womens swimming program and the womens Olympic team, asked for a prediction. Ledecky finished her high-school career as the holder of the Stone Ridge school record in every swimming event except the 100-meter breaststroke. Born in Maryland in 1997, Katie Ledecky began swimming competitively at age six. He describes them as holy cannoli swims that would leave almost anyone elses jaw on the floor. [17] During her high-school swimming career, Ledecky twice set the American and US Open record in the 500-yard freestyle, and she twice set the national high-school record in the 200-yard freestyle. [66], Following the season, Ledecky became the first freshman in 35 years to receive the Honda Cup, which recognizes the nation's top female collegiate athlete.[67]. [76], Ledecky signed her first sponsorship deal with TYR Sport, Inc. on June 8, 2018. Instead, Ledecky has a gift that defies measurement. Ledecky won by 4.13 seconds and just missed the world record by 0.53 seconds. On the final day of competition, she reset her world record in the 800-meter freestyle, clocking a time of 8:06.68.
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