Katie Ledecky, meanwhile, saw her dreams of revenge after a second-place finish in Tokyo fall by the wayside despite winning the heats earlier in the day. Ledecky was a distant third for much of ...

The second-place finisher — well, she is not first. Coulda, woulda, shoulda. For the first time Monday in her Olympic career, dating back to 2012, Katie Ledecky did not win an individual race.

The only question? By how much. The foregone conclusion: Katie Ledecky. The margin: 4.13 seconds. After 500 meters, her lead was nearly two and a half seconds. At the kilometer, nearly four. By then ...

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Katie Ledecky officially punched her ticket to the 2024 Paris Olympics by winning the women's 400m freestyle at the U.S. Olympic Swimming Team Trials with a time of 3:58.35.

That's why they win,” she recalled in the video ... and has multiple records under her prominent name. Katie Ledecky at the 2024 Summer Olympics - Day 5 - Source: Getty Katie Ledecky got ...

Between them, Bobby Finke and Katie Ledecky have more Olympic gold than some decent-sized nations. And yet, remarkably enough, they chose the North Shore Aquatic Complex as the site of their first ...

Peek-a-boo, Katie sees Michael! Before she was the most decorated female swimmer ever, Katie Ledecky was just a kid eating some popcorn, playing peek-a-boo with the greatest basketball player of ...

When the best female swimmer on the planet goes for gold in Rio, she might just have her Jewish grandmother on her mind. It isn’t up for debate — Katie Ledecky is currently the best female ...

5-time Olympic gold medalist Missy Franklin and 3-time Olympic medalist Katie Hoff break down all of the men’s and women’s qualifiers from Day 3 of the U.S. Olympic Team Trials. View more ...

She sets the record as the oldest U.S. woman to win an individual Olympic swimming gold medal. Natalie Coughlin previously held the record at age 25. 3:33 p.m.: Katie Ledecky is a flat-out animal.