Gator Chomp: Ledecky heads to Florida to work with Nesty
3 years, 6 months ago

Gator Chomp: Ledecky heads to Florida to work with Nesty

Associated Press  

Katie Ledecky will be learning a new stroke. Ledecky, a seven-time Olympic gold medalist, spent the last five years at Stanford University, where she worked with U.S. national team coach Greg Meehan while earning a psychology degree. Having completed my college degree this year, I am moving east to be closer to home and family.” The Washington, D.C., native will now be training with Nesty, a 1988 Olympic gold medalist who serves as the primary coach to both Bobby Finke, who swept the 800- and 1500-meter freestyles at the Tokyo Games, and Kieran Smith, who took bronze in the 400 free. The 24-year-old Ledecky said she looks forward to working with Nesty’s “outstanding mid-distance and distance training group.” Ledecky won two golds and two silvers at 2020 Tokyo Games this past summer. Ledecky gives Nesty another top distance swimmer — probably the best female ever — with the next Olympics less than three years away.

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American Katie Ledecky preparing to write more history in the pool at the Paris Olympics
7 months, 3 weeks ago

American Katie Ledecky preparing to write more history in the pool at the Paris Olympics

Associated Press  

NANTERRE, France — Katie Ledecky advanced to the finals of the women’s 800-meter freestyle Friday at the Paris Olympics with a chance to make even more history. With a victory, Ledecky would join fellow American Michael Phelps as the only swimmers — of any gender and from any country — to win four gold medals in the same event. She …

Katie Ledecky Has a Superpower That Eludes Even the Greatest Olympians
7 months, 3 weeks ago

Katie Ledecky Has a Superpower That Eludes Even the Greatest Olympians

Slate  

This is part of Slate’s 2024 Olympics coverage. On Wednesday in Paris, as American swimmer Katie Ledecky worked her way toward her second consecutive gold medal in the 1,500-meter freestyle, NBC commentators Dan Hicks and Rowdy Gaines stopped to speculate on her place in swimming history. Related From Slate The Coolest Olympian at the 2024 Games Is Making People Lose …

Katie Ledecky's legend grows with 8th Olympic gold; where does she rank in comparison to all-time great Michael Phelps?
7 months, 3 weeks ago

Katie Ledecky's legend grows with 8th Olympic gold; where does she rank in comparison to all-time great Michael Phelps?

Hindustan Times  

Katie Ledecky consolidated her status as one of the most excellent swimmers ever by securing her second Olympic gold medal in the women's 1,500-meter freestyle at the Paris 2024 Summer Olympics and eight Olympic Gold overall. I’m glad that it did today.” With this victory, Ledecky ties with American legends Jenny Thompson and Dara Torres for the most medals won …

What’s next for Katie Ledecky? Another race and a relay as she goes for more records
7 months, 3 weeks ago

What’s next for Katie Ledecky? Another race and a relay as she goes for more records

Associated Press  

NANTERRE, France — Katie Ledecky has tied one of swimming’s most impressive records. The 27-year-old Ledecky bumped her career total to 12 medals with a dominating victory in the 1,500-meter freestyle Wednesday night, equaling three fellow Americans — Dara Torres, Natalie Coughlin and Jenny Thompson — for the most ever by a female swimmer. —Ledecky will be going for her …

The evolution of Katie Ledecky: As Olympics near, U.S. star comes full circle
8 months ago

The evolution of Katie Ledecky: As Olympics near, U.S. star comes full circle

New York Times  

Follow our Olympics coverage in the lead-up to the Paris Games. And during that same period of time, my daughter has gone from a little child, toddler type of thing to somebody who is now powering around the world to swim meets with Katie Ledecky.” Gemmell’s daughter, Erin, who was 7 when Ledecky began training with her father, is on …

Katie Ledecky just keeps chugging along, still excited about swimming after all these years
8 months ago

Katie Ledecky just keeps chugging along, still excited about swimming after all these years

Associated Press  

INDIANAPOLIS — For Katie Ledecky, there is seemingly no such thing as burnout. I’ve learned to just really enjoy each day of training and take in every moment and just appreciate the fact that I’ve been able to have this long of a career, stay injury free, stay pretty healthy, be able to do this for this many years.” Perhaps …

Katie Ledecky wins 400 freestyle at US swimming trials, heading to her fourth Olympics
9 months, 1 week ago

Katie Ledecky wins 400 freestyle at US swimming trials, heading to her fourth Olympics

The Hindu  

Katie Ledecky is heading to her fourth Olympics, cruising to victory in the 400-meter freestyle at the U.S. swimming trials on Saturday night. The 27-year-old Ledecky is set to swim four events at her nation’s trials, all of them freestyle events ranging from 200 to 1,500 meters. “I never imagined I would go to a fourth Olympic Games.” The expected …

Katie Ledecky heading to her fourth Olympics, wins 400 freestyle at US swimming trials
9 months, 1 week ago

Katie Ledecky heading to her fourth Olympics, wins 400 freestyle at US swimming trials

Associated Press  

INDIANAPOLIS — Katie Ledecky is heading to her fourth Olympics, an accomplishment that seemed unimaginable when she was a 15-year-old kid in London. In Tokyo, Ledecky settled for the silver behind Titmus — the first individual loss of the American’s Olympic career. Titmus is coming off an Australian trials where she broke the world record in the 200 free and …

Katie Ledecky Has Splashy Start At Olympic Swimming Trials
9 months, 1 week ago

Katie Ledecky Has Splashy Start At Olympic Swimming Trials

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING Katie Ledecky got off to a rousing start Saturday at the U.S. Olympic swimming trials. Competing in the home stadium of the NFL’s Indianapolis Colts, Ledecky blew away the field in the preliminaries of the 400-meter freestyle, touching the wall with a time of 3 minutes, 59.99 seconds. Katie Ledecky reacts after the preliminary heat for the …

What to watch at U.S. Olympic swimming trials as Katie Ledecky, Caeleb Dressel and more vie for Paris
9 months, 1 week ago

What to watch at U.S. Olympic swimming trials as Katie Ledecky, Caeleb Dressel and more vie for Paris

New York Times  

INDIANAPOLIS — Greetings from Lucas Oil Stadium, the newest and biggest home of an Olympic-sized swimming pool. Despite winning three medals at the last Olympics, she was far from her best at that meet and didn’t even make the U.S. team in the 200-meter backstroke, an event in which she holds the American record. It’s particularly fun at Olympic trials …

American freestyler Katie Ledecky faces youth as the world championships open in Japan
1 year, 8 months ago

American freestyler Katie Ledecky faces youth as the world championships open in Japan

Associated Press  

FUKUOKA, Japan — Katie Ledecky has almost never gone home with anything other than a gold or silver medal in the Olympics or world championships dating from the 2012 London Games. “I know they’ll be right there and I know there are a lot of other contenders as well.” United States head coach Bob Bowman summed up the meet, particularly …

Paris Olympics 2024 won’t be last, eye on LA 2028 too, says Ledecky
1 year, 8 months ago

Paris Olympics 2024 won’t be last, eye on LA 2028 too, says Ledecky

The Hindu  

Retirement isn’t anywhere in sight for swimmer Katie Ledecky, one of the greatest freestylers that swimming has ever seen. “I can say pretty confidently that I’m not going to be done in 2024,” she said. I can’t wrap my head around being done next year.” Ledecky was also reminded that the Los Angeles Olympics are exactly five years away. Ledecky, …

Swimming great Katie Ledecky talking of sticking around for the 2028 LA Olympics
1 year, 8 months ago

Swimming great Katie Ledecky talking of sticking around for the 2028 LA Olympics

Associated Press  

FUKUOKA, Japan — Retirement isn’t anywhere in sight for swimmer Katie Ledecky, one of the greatest freestylers that swimming has ever seen. I can’t wrap my head around being done next year.” Ledecky was also reminded that the Los Angeles Olympics are exactly five years away. Ledecky, the 2016 Olympic gold medalist, faces 2021 Olympic champion Ariarne Titmus of Australia …

Katie Ledecky keeps on rolling more than a decade after her 1st Olympic gold
1 year, 8 months ago

Katie Ledecky keeps on rolling more than a decade after her 1st Olympic gold

Associated Press  

INDIANAPOLIS — Katie Ledecky will concede that a few things have changed over her long career at the top of swimming. “She’s out there swimming her own race, and so am I. I try not to focus on how much she’s beating me by.” Ledecky is more vulnerable in the shorter freestyle races, which showed in the 200 final Wednesday …

Katie Ledecky earns AP female athlete of year for 2nd time
2 years, 2 months ago

Katie Ledecky earns AP female athlete of year for 2nd time

Associated Press  

A change of scenery worked out just fine for Katie Ledecky. Shifting coasts and coaches after last summer’s Tokyo Olympics, the American swimmer turned in another stellar performance at the world championships, set a pair of world records and capped 2022 as The Associated Press Female Athlete of the Year, selected by a panel of 40 sports writers and editors …

Katie Ledecky says she ‘never would have imagined’ her Olympic swimming success
3 years, 7 months ago

Katie Ledecky says she ‘never would have imagined’ her Olympic swimming success

CNN  

Tokyo CNN — With her Tokyo Olympics drawn to a close, American swimmer Katie Ledecky can start to unwind. Laurence Griffiths/Getty Images AsiaPac/Getty Images “ just represent a lot of hard work, not just for me, but for my family, my friends, my coaches, my teammates, just everyone that’s been a part of this journey, not just the past five …

Katie Ledecky bids farewell to 2021 Tokyo Olympics
3 years, 7 months ago

Katie Ledecky bids farewell to 2021 Tokyo Olympics

The Hindu  

Katie Ledecky is bidding farewell to the Tokyo Games after claiming four medals, two of them gold. The American swimming star went on Twitter to post her thanks to the people of Tokyo and everyone who gave her “tremendous support this week and over the years!” Even though the stands were largely empty at the Olympic pool because of the …

Tokyo 2020: Katie Ledecky's eyes set on next 2 Olympics, has won 6 individual golds at 3 Games already
3 years, 7 months ago

Tokyo 2020: Katie Ledecky's eyes set on next 2 Olympics, has won 6 individual golds at 3 Games already

India Today  

After booking her place in Olympic history with a record sixth individual gold medal, world swimming's most decorated woman Katie Ledecky has set her eyes on the next two Olympics. The 24-year-old American dominated the 800 metres freestyle final in Tokyo on Saturday to win gold comfortably, beating the record for the most women's individual Olympic swimming titles held for …

Tokyo 2020: Team USA’s Katie Ledecky retains women’s 800m free title
3 years, 7 months ago

Tokyo 2020: Team USA’s Katie Ledecky retains women’s 800m free title

The Independent  

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Katie Ledecky made history look routine in adding to record Olympic medal haul
3 years, 7 months ago

Katie Ledecky made history look routine in adding to record Olympic medal haul

LA Times  

U.S. swimmer Katie Ledecky poses with the two gold and two silver medals she won at the Tokyo Olympics this week. I think I’ve always been just moving forward, driving forward and always looking towards the next goal.” Olympics Caeleb Dressel and Katie Ledecky put on pair of golden performances Caeleb Dressel reconfirms his stardom with a world record in …

Tokyo Olympics Swimming: Decoding Katie Ledecky's dominance, records
3 years, 8 months ago

Tokyo Olympics Swimming: Decoding Katie Ledecky's dominance, records

The Hindu  

When a 15-year-old girl from the United States outswam an intimidating line of competitors, including defending Olympic champion Rebecca Adlington of Great Britain in the women's 800m freestyle final at the London Olympics, little did the world know that it was being introduced to a swimmer who would dominate the pool like no other. That erstwhile teenager today has world …

Katie Ledecky vs. herself: How a backyard pool and unrelenting drive has the U.S. swimmer on the brink of Olympic history
3 years, 10 months ago

Katie Ledecky vs. herself: How a backyard pool and unrelenting drive has the U.S. swimmer on the brink of Olympic history

New York Times  

Katie Ledecky readied in her lane, bracing herself for the grueling set of laps to come. “She embraced the sport, embraced the training,” said Mary Gen Ledecky, Katie’s mother and a former competitive swimmer. “There is something different about those special athletes,” said Gemmell, who jokes that Ledecky could race in a cardboard box, pitch dark, no one around, and …

Tokyo Olympics 2020: Katie Ledecky wins easily in first major swim meet with time ticking down to deferred games
4 years ago

Tokyo Olympics 2020: Katie Ledecky wins easily in first major swim meet with time ticking down to deferred games

Firstpost  

Like everyone else, Katie Ledecky was forced to shelve her plans when the coronavirus pandemic took hold. “I didn’t set too many expectations coming into this first race,” Ledecky said afterward. “If I can swim fast in that kind of environment, I can swim fast at a big stage like Olympic trials or the games when maybe we won’t have …

Ledecky still treating Tokyo as a golden opportunity
4 years ago

Ledecky still treating Tokyo as a golden opportunity

China Daily  

Katie Ledecky celebrates setting a new world 800m freestyle world record in at the 2016 Rio Olympics. REUTERS Legend insists medal goals remain in place despite pandemic uncertainties Five-time Olympic gold medalist Katie Ledecky is powering through the uncertainties of the COVID-19 pandemic, her sights still firmly set on making history at the rescheduled Tokyo Games. It's another step on …

WATCH: Olympian Ledecky swims while balancing a glass of milk on her head
4 years, 7 months ago

WATCH: Olympian Ledecky swims while balancing a glass of milk on her head

The Hindu  

American swimmer Katie Ledecky has perhaps achieved it all in her sport. The 23-year-old has clinched a whopping five Olympic gold medals and has 15 world championship gold medals to her name - the most in history for a female swimmer. Taking part in a promotional campaign for the Milk Processor Education Program called the #gotmilkchallenge, Ledecky swims the length …

Katie Ledecky is just your average, run-of-the-mill world champion swimmer
6 years, 8 months ago

Katie Ledecky is just your average, run-of-the-mill world champion swimmer

LA Times  

As Katie Ledecky waited for an Uber on Stanford’s campus last week, two women in the midst of a scavenger hunt approached. And after foregoing her final two years of competition at Stanford to become a professional in March, she signed an endorsement deal with TYR that the Seal Beach-based swimwear company described as “the most lucrative partnership in the …

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