Ledecky smashed the yard freestyle pool record, beating the rest of her heat by 35 seconds. Her She then followed that up by winning the IM, finishing 3 seconds ahead of the rest of the competition. Then just two events later she finished just behind Stanford teammate, Simone Manuel, in the Free.
Ledecky started her individual campaign by winning the Free and rewriting the record books with a time of Ledecky set another Meet and Pool Record in the Free with a time of Ledecky and her Stanford teammates capped the meet of by capturing the team title, beating runner up Cal by over points. Eastin was also under the former American Record, taking silver in On night 2, she added 2 seconds from her time last year in the , going Ledecky still bested the field by over 8 seconds, and seemed more excited that her teammate, Katie Drabot, came in 2nd with a personal best of On the last night of competition, Katie swam the , lapping every other contender in the final heat and finishing in Katie Ledecky photo: Mike Lewis.
She said she will continue to take classes at Stanford and train with her Cardinal teammates but that her collegiate swimming career was over. Taking a full five seconds off of her old mark and racing at the Pro Swim Series in Indy, Ledecky charged to a This is the first best time in long course in this event for Ledecky in three years— her previous best, which also stood as the previous world record, was a Just days after announcing a partnership with major swimwear brand TYR at the Pro Swim in Santa Clara , Ledecky announced via social media that she would be gracing the cover of the July issue of National Geographic, which hit newsstands June 26th.
This was the first time that an Olympic swimmer has ever been on the cover of National Geographic. This also marks the first time a female Olympian has graced the cover. Katie shared the cover image via her Twitter on June July NatGeo cover story, on newsstands June 26! Ledecky won the freestyle She also took the freestyle At the conclusion of the meet, she was announced as the TYR Pro Swim Series overall female champion for the 2nd year in a row.
She swam prelims of the free and went into the final as the top seed At night, she dominated the timed finals of the free in Coming back in less than an hour to race the , she equaled her time from prelims but was beaten by youngsters Taylor Ruck and Rikako Ikee, settling for 3rd. On day 3, Ledecky defended her title as pan pac champion in the free, touching first in a time of Additionally, Ledecky headed into the summer as the world-record holder in the and 1,meter freestyles.
Unbeaten in all major international competition, she was expected to add to her already impressive gold medal count and become one of the American team's most celebrated Olympians by the close of the Rio Games.
Ledecky did not disappoint in Rio. In her first individual event, the women's meter freestyle, she won gold, soaring past the competition early on and finishing with a time that was two seconds better than her own world record and four seconds more than her second place finisher.
She also helped her teammates win silver in the Women's 4x meter freestyle relay. She went on to win gold again in the meter freestyle race, edging out Swedish swimmer Sarah Sjostrom, who won silver. After the grueling race, Ledecky spoke about finding the strength to grab the gold. Everything was hurting.
I just had to dig deep and do my own thing. I had no idea whether I touched first. I was done when I touched the wall. She continued to dominate as the anchor in the 4x meter freestyle relay, winning the gold medal with teammates Allison Schmitt, Leah Smith and Maya Dirado. She also defended her world title in the meter individual freestyle in a stunning victory, finishing the race at and smashing the world record.
David's brother, Jon Ledecky, has been heavily involved across the U. A Harvard alumnus, Ledecky founded U. Office Products in , leaving it in , three years after the company's initial public offering.
Ledecky eventually got his breakthrough when he became a minority holder of the NHL's New York Islanders in , before becoming a majority shareholder two years later. Read more. Newsweek magazine delivered to your door Unlimited access to Newsweek. Unlimited access to Newsweek. Ledecky will have a packed schedule. She is competing in four individual events: the , , and meter freestyle.
She will also be on the USA's 4xmeter freestyle relay. Here is her list of medal competition dates and results:. Ledecky is 6 feet tall, which is slightly above average height for elite female swimmers. At the and Olympic Games, the average height of finalists in women's events was a little more than 5 feet, 9 inches. In August , Ledecky went viral on social media after she posted a video of herself swimming freestyle across the full length of a pool while balancing a full glass of chocolate milk on the back of her head.
Ledecky dominated nearly every race in Rio de Janeiro. She won five total medals, bringing home gold in all three of her individual events — the , and meter freestyle — and in the 4xmeter freestyle relay.
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