Theres a decades worth of underwater video too. Two days later, she recorded a time of 1:54.88 en route to winning the 200-meter freestyle. And not even appearing winded? Michael Phelps, the 28-time Olympic medalist, called Ledecky the greatest female swimmer of our time.. [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. We want to know what transformed that girl who couldnt make it across the pool? Shes swimming in full dude territory, he said. Shes really activating her core and that allows her upper body to connect to her lower body and when you put those two together, it gives her really great timing and great catch, said Elizabeth Nagle, an associate professor at the University of Pittsburgh who studies aquatic physiology. Shes swimming faster than we are, said Urbanchek, coach to 44 Olympians and an assistant on six Olympic teams. Having already set 11 world records, she is a favorite to win at the Rio Olympics in the women's 200-, 400- and. A 58-foot-wide picture of Ledecky adorned the outside of the CHI Health Center in Omaha during the Olympic trials in 2016. Or Mark finding Ledecky eating alone in the dining hall at the London Olympics the day of her 800 freestyle final, appearing as calm as a seasoned veteran. In the inaugural season of the International Swimming League, Ledecky represented DC Trident. Katie Ledecky owns her time - The Stanford Daily She is Unmarried. Katie Ledecky on her Tokyo wins, mental health and gender - PBS If I have a bad practice, I dont let it get to me, Ledecky said. 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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. The questions pile up too. Is she tall for an elite swimmer? The Americans (Simone Manuel, Ledecky, Melanie Margalis and Katie McLaughlin) set a new American record and swam under the existing world record with a time of 7:41.87, yet placed second to the Australian team (7:41.50). It cant be easy to go train against Katie when you know youre going to get your head kicked in, said Keenan Robinson, Phelps longtime strength and conditioning coach. 422 posts. He good-naturedly described her competition-like intensity in practice as really annoying. Even years after the sessions, the words carry a mixture of awe and disbelief. On the fifth day of competition, Ledecky, with Missy Franklin, Leah Smith, and Katie McLaughlin won gold in the 4200-meter freestyle relay. At the National Championships, she finished first in the 400-, 800- and 1500-meter freestyle, and second in the 200-meter freestyle. Some of these things that might have come naturally and unconsciously when she was 16, now its conscious, Mark said. Swimming the anchor leg, Ledecky erased a 1.2-second deficit going into the final leg of the race, passing Australia's Melanie Schlanger with a 1:54.36 split over the final 200 meters. Its a mindset that different to go out as fast as you can without being blatantly reckless.. On the third day of the meet, Ledecky set her fourth meet record in the 400-meter freestyle prelim heats with a time of 4:03.09. 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. Ledecky recorded a split of 52.64 in the heats. 578k Followers, 883 Following, 422 Posts - See Instagram photos and videos from Katie Ledecky (@katieledecky) katieledecky. How fast would Torri Huske, the 18-year-old phenom headed to Stanford this fall, swim in the 100 butterfly final? The Transformation Of Katie Ledecky From Toddler To 24 Years Old "I fought tooth and nail," Ledecky said. In the team standings, Stanford beat runner-up California-Berkeley by 220 points, the largest margin of victory in 25 years. At the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, Ledecky qualified to swim in the final of the 800-meter freestyle by placing third overall in the heats with a time of 8:23.84. Shes always trying to maximize her performance so theres nothing left in the tank. (RNS) Katie Ledecky has no obvious physiological advantages as a swimmer. [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. [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. This was Ledecky's first international loss in a final in individual event. Her world records came in the 400- and 1500-meter freestyles, with times of 3:58.37 and 15:28.36, respectively. 883 following. A lot of people have the tendency to want to protect themselves in their training, Sweetser said. The next day, Ledecky lowered her meet record, winning the 800-meter freestyle final by nearly 10 seconds (8:10.32). At the 2015 World Aquatics Championships in Kazan, Russia, Ledecky won five gold medals and broke three world records. But can I please just watch? In Bethesda, she attended Little Flower School through eighth grade and graduated from Stone Ridge School of the Sacred Heart in 2015. Her 3:57.36 on Sunday was the second-fastest she . Ledecky qualified in the heats with a time of 3:58.71, an Olympic record. Instead, Ledecky has a gift that defies measurement. At the 2017 US National Championships, the qualifying meet for the 2017 World Aquatics Championships, Ledecky won the 200-, 400-, and 800-meter freestyle and earned a spot on six events. [87] Ledecky withdrew from the 800-meter freestyle race due to illness. She qualified in the heats with an Olympic record, 8:12.86, and set a world record in the finals of 8:04.79, over 11 seconds faster than the silver medalist, Jazmin Carlin. 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.. Her combined 20 individual titles at the Olympics (6) and World Aquatics Championships (14) is also a record for female swimmers. Inside the 24-year-old Katie Ledecky's decision to leave Stanford and join elite training partners and a new coach in Anthony Nesty at the University of Florida, ahead of Paris 2024. The time that would be a career-making moment for almost any other swimmer surprised her. At the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan, Ledecky won two gold medals and two silver medals, making her the most decorated U.S. female athlete for a second straight Summer Olympics. During the summers prior to 2012, she swam for Palisades Swim Team in Cabin John, Maryland. With the victory, Ledecky became the first swimmer, male or female, to win five consecutive world championship titles in an individual event. Some days she left him absolutely demolished and approached record paces in the middle of exhausting workouts. Her win was made even more impressive by the fact that, per her Team USA . Thats why Bruce Gemmell quips that Ledecky would be content to race in a cardboard box. Katie Ledecky competes in the womens 1500-meter freestyle during the U.S. Olympic swim trials on June 16 in Omaha, Neb. They realized the goals, lofty as they might seem for a teenager, were too pedestrian. TOKYO Katie Ledecky has won her first gold of the Tokyo Olympics, in the 1,500 meter freestyle race. Before the London Olympics, Ledecky trained at the U.S. teams camp in Knoxville, Tenn., with a small group of middle- and long-distance swimmers under legendary coach Jon Urbanchek. At the 2020 Olympic Games, Ledecky also emerged as the most decorated U.S. female athlete and became the first American female swimmer to win an individual event in three straight Olympiads. Eighteen years later, Katie Ledecky is the worlds most dominant freestyle swimmer. The words were matter-of-fact, delivered without a trace of pretense. Catholic faith anchors U.S. Olympic swimmer Katie Ledecky Ledecky, who could reach only 21 inches a few years earlier, reached a personal-best 39 inches. At the 2013 US National Championships, Ledecky qualified to swim in four individual events and the 4200-meter freestyle relay at the 2013 World Aquatics Championships in Barcelona, Spain, though she later dropped the 200-meter freestyle from her program. What transformed that girl who couldnt make it across the pool? During the 201617 NCAA season, Ledecky set 12 NCAA records and nine American records while swimming as a freshman for Stanford University. 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. Other than standing 6 feet tall, a couple of inches above the average height for female swimming finalists at the Rio Games, she could blend into a crowd outside of the pool. There are technical explanations: her aerobic system using oxygen with extraordinary efficiency, while her anaerobic system generates explosive bursts of energy. On the final day of competition, she reset her world record in the 800-meter freestyle, clocking a time of 8:06.68. David Marsh, an assistant on the team who served as the womens coach in 2016, recalled coaches gathering when Ledecky swam. A swimmer needs ample strength for this approach to work. She became the first swimmer to win a distance event three times in a row, as well as the youngest and oldest person to win the 800 free (at age 15 in 2012 and age 24 in 2021). [62] On the meet's final day, Ledecky joined Manuel, Neal, and Janet Hu to break the NCAA and American record in the 400-yard freestyle relay. Because of her analytical approach to training, she knows almost exactly how the race is going to go, Sweetser said. Then the windmilling to the other side resumed. That performance burned into the coachs memory. 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. Years later, Gemmell read two items on Ledeckys goal card: break the world record in the 800 freestyle by the following summer and swim 8:10 in the event in Rio. When reminiscing about her pre-teen years in the pool, she told an athletic trainer that she cared more about perfecting her stroke than about winning. 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. At year's end, Ledecky was named the World Swimmer of the Year and American Swimmer of the Year by Swimming World Magazine. [27] At 15 years, 4 months, and 10 days, she was the youngest American participant at the 2012 Olympic Games.[28]. [140], On October 28, during the Toronto round of the FINA Swimming World Cup, Ledecky swam the 1500m short course event for the first time. [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. All of this feeds Ledeckys ability to do things in the pool that arent normal. This started as a child. Katie just dives in headfirst and really forces you to get the most out of practice. During her career, she has broken sixteen world records. The standards for her externally, I think, are just tough sometimes, Meehan said. She wasnt great at skills or drills we would try and teach her. At the 2013 World Championships, Ledecky won gold in the 400-, 800-, and 1500-meter freestyle, and in the 4200-meter freestyle relay, and set two world records. The history-making has become so common, so many would-be competitors left so far behind, that expectations, just like the pictures, are larger than life. And theyre ultimately suggestions straining to answer a larger question. At 6 feet, the second-time Olympian is not extraordinarily tall compared with her peers. Shes not doing some special strength program that nobody else knows about. [129] She finished the final in 15:37.34, but her record from the prelim round still holds. Dwyer topped out at 40 inches. May 4, 2020, 8:23 p.m. Five days after she turned 23, Katie Ledecky '20 . [52], Ledecky's first event in the 2016 Summer Olympics was the 4100-meter freestyle relay, swimming the anchor leg for the United States in both the prelims and final. With her pair of swims in the 800-meter freestyle, Ledecky took control of the top 11 fastest times in the event's history. Katie Ledecky studied at Stanford University. A post shared by Katie Ledecky (@katieledecky). She won three individual gold medals at the 2013 World 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.. . Katie Ledecky Reaches For Remarkable Olympic Performance - Team USA And Katie's got tiny feet, too. On the fifth day of competition, Ledecky, with Leah Smith, Mallory Comerford, and Melanie Margalis won gold in the 4200-meter freestyle relay. [92] Because training facilities were closed during the pandemic, Ledecky and her colleague Simone Manuel trained for the Olympics in a 25-yard private pool in Atherton, in the backyard of masters swimmer Tod Spieker. She has an elder brother. 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. She had a smile that seemed bigger than her diminutive frame, swim cap pulled over her ears and enthusiastic post-race analyses captured on home movies. 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. Katie Ledecky reacts after competing in the womens 800-meter freestyle final during the U.S. Olympic trials at CHI Health Center on June 19 in Omaha, Neb. [77], In July 2018, at the US National Swimming Championships, Ledecky qualified for the 2018 Pan Pacific Championships by finishing first in the 200-,[78] 400-, and 800-meter freestyle.[79]. During the 201718 NCAA season, Ledecky set another three NCAA records and two American records while helping lead Stanford to its second straight team title. In the final, Ledecky swam to an early lead before Italian swimmer Simona Quadarella took over midway through the race. The victories, the records, the head-shaking performances in which her only competition is the clock, are so frequent that they seem as routine as her unassuming comments after each race with history. Then theres the sheer efficiency of how her body works. 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. How Katie Ledecky swims faster than the rest of the world In her first event, the 400-meter freestyle, Ledecky successfully defended her world title, finishing with a championship record time of 3:58.34. Ariarne Titmus solidifies rivalry with Katie Ledecky on Olympic stage [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. There were many times where she was walking up for practice and I think, Thats the best female athlete in the world? Id just kind of chuckle to myself because theres nothing that said that.. At the Texas A&M Invitational in November 2017, Ledecky lowered her American and U.S. Open mark in the 1650-yard freestyle with a time of 15:03.31. Before she entered the pool, the United States was trailing both Australia and China, but she swam a time of 1:53.76 to finish the race 0.4 seconds behind the Chinese swimmer Li Bingjie and ahead of Australia, who were the favorites coming into the competition. [76], Ledecky signed her first sponsorship deal with TYR Sport, Inc. on June 8, 2018. [126] She swam a 1:55.34 in the semifinals of the 200 meter freestyle and advanced to the final ranking third overall. Barbini noticed the mix of intensity and care thats as much a part of Ledecky as the blazing times. Even if they are fit and strong like a football player, they cannot swim fast if they do not have the skill to catch the water, Takagi wrote in an email. Ledecky's success has earned her Swimming World's Female World Swimmer of the Year a record-breaking five times. Thats whats allowing her to get such a good grab of the water and have such good force generation per stroke.. [23], At the 2012 United States Olympic Trials in Omaha, Nebraska (her first senior national competition), Ledecky made the Olympic team by placing first in the 800-meter freestyle with a time of 8:19.78, which was over two seconds ahead of second-place finisher Kate Ziegler. Ledecky was a USA Olympic team member in 2012, 2016, and 2020, and holds the female record for most individual gold medals (14) and overall gold medals (19) at the World Aquatics Championships. 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. How Katie Ledecky became better at swimming than anyone is at anything [115][116] The following day in the final, Ledecky won with a time of 8:14.62 and qualified to swim the 800 meter freestyle at the 2020 Summer Olympics for the United States.[117][118]. At just 19 years old, Katie Ledecky is the most dominant swimmer in the world. Ledecky's supremacy is not born of any freakish physiological gifts such as Phelps' enormous wingspan or double jointed ankles. During a stint at the Olympic Training Center in Colorado Springs, Colo., in early 2016, Conor Dwyer, a two-time Olympian, engaged in a friendly contest with Ledecky jumping onto flat surfaces at increasing heights. Swimmer Katie Ledecky inspired to 'put a smile on someone's face' as Katie Ledecky Biography, Olympic Medals, Records and Age In between London and Rio, Ledecky quietly became the world's most dominant swimmer no longer just a distance specialist. The next day, Ledecky anchored the United States team of Allison Schmitt, Leah Smith, and Katie McLaughlin in the 4x200-meter freestyle relay. Her strength-to-body mass ratio is probably in the top 98%.. I think she loves the training more than she loves competing, Michael said. Ledecky's swim was the seventh-fastest performance in history. That shows a mastery. Entering the water with a 2.88-second deficit, Ledecky swam the fourth-fastest relay split in history (1:53.84), nearly overtaking Australian Madeline Groves, who touched 0.25 seconds ahead of Ledecky to set a new championship and national record. At year's end, Ledecky was named the World Swimmer of the Year and American Swimmer of the Year by Swimming World magazine. They swam identical workouts. Much like the 1500-meter freestyle, Ledecky let Lotte Friis lead most of the race, making a move at the 650-meter mark to eventually win the race by 2.46 seconds. The American . [85] She finished third in the Associated Press's Female Athlete of the Decade voting, behind Serena Williams and Simone Biles. Some said it would never happen. Less than an hour later, Ledecky won the 800-meter freestyle, swimming under her world record pace for most of the race before touching in at 8:11.35, the second-fastest time ever, to win by 7.52 seconds over New Zealand swimmer Lauren Boyle.[40]. Or Gemmell calling other coaches for ideas on how to challenge this once-in-a-lifetime teenager doing crazy stuff in practice. Unlike her other races, it was not an easy win for Ledecky, which featured the likes of Missy Franklin and Federica Pellegrini. Katie Ledecky breaks yet another world record | CNN Not a drop of milk spilled. [20], In December 2020, she completed the required courses for a bachelor of arts in psychology and minor in political science from Stanford University, [21][22] and graduated in June 2021. 'In 2016 she was 16. Turned out a bigger foe lurked behind him: the pace clock. Somehow she makes this look easy. She is widely regarded as one of the greatest Olympians and the greatest female swimmer of all time.[5][6]. Shes able to really lean into each arm, Sweetser said. In the final, Ledecky went out hard and, by the 200-meter mark, she had already established an almost body-length lead. 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Sometimes that happens. Katie Ledecky isn't just an Olympian; she's one of the most gifted athletes in the world. Relief seemed to be the main emotion that sunk into Katie Ledecky's face as she touched the wall to claim her first gold medal of the Tokyo Olympics.. Ledecky's victory in the 1500m freestyle . But the more coaches and trainers and competitors grasp for answers, the more the reality comes into focus. [48], In her only event on the fourth day of competition, the 200-meter freestyle, Ledecky won her third gold medal of the meet, winning in a time of 1:55.16. Her body measurement is 34-24-35 inches. Swimming the anchor leg, Ledecky recorded a split of 1:54.02, and the Americans finished with an aggregate time of 7:43.39. Are you willing to push yourself beyond all comprehension or are you not? Nagle said. I dont think she had a clue how fast she was going. Swimming the anchor leg, Ledecky recorded a split of 1:55.64 and the Americans finished with an aggregate time of 7:45.37. Andrew Gemmell, the coachs son who competed at the London Olympics in the 1,500 freestyle, trained with Ledecky in the two years leading up to Rio. 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. 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.
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