Get comfy and enjoy every gold medal-winning race from Katie Ledecky at the Olympics, including her breakthrough at London 2012. The American, who had her first child 17 months ago, settled for the bronze in 56.63. It was just so surreal, being able to do that on that stage, in that environment.”.

After the powerful U.S. team was shut out Saturday and through the first two events Sunday, Ledecky was the first to get the Americans on the top step of the podium. “I don’t know if that’s achievable,” Ledecky said.

And then, almost as an afterthought, she added, “I still say anything is possible.”. Ledecky was not done yet, however.
The next time the teenager, already a competitive swimmer, got in the pool, she cut through the water repeating to herself, “I am Debbie Meyer.”.

With her tally of four golds and one silver, Ledecky was the most successful female swimmer at Rio 2016 and the most decorated female athlete of the Games, eclipsing fellow American Simone Biles’s tally of four golds and a bronze in gymnastics.
I knew I was due for a breakthrough.". She sat on the edge of the deck, pumping her arms in the air, and then appeared to be overcome by tears as she climbed to her feet. The unassuming teenager from suburban Washington gave the United States its first swimming gold medal of the Rio Olympics on Sunday night, crushing her own world record in the women's 400-meter freestyle. London 2012 - Katie Ledecky cements Team USA's dominance in the pool by claiming gold in the 800m Freestyle final. Michael Phelps, the most decorated athlete in Olympic history, added a 19th gold medal to his staggering haul as the United States won the men's 4x100-meter freestyle relay with Phelps swimming the second leg. “She said I’m not going to sleep until I give you a hug,” Manuel said. Ledecky, who added gold to the silver she won in the women's 4x100 free relay, is also favored in two other individual events: the 200 and 800 free.

“I knew I was ahead right from the start,” she explained.

Britain's Adam Peaty was nearly as dominant in the breaststroke, winning with a world record time of 57.13 that shattered the mark of 57.55 he set in the preliminaries. Penny Oleksiak of Canada took the silver in 56.46, edging out defending Olympic champion Dana Vollmer. “It’s not winning an Olympic medal, it isn’t setting a world record, it wasn’t becoming the best in the world. Katy Ledecky breaks her own world record on the way to 800m freestyle gold in Rio. But after pulling off a surprise gold medal at London 2012 at the age of 15, and a subsequent five golds at the 2015 Worlds, it was perhaps no surprise that the Washington swimmer ended up being the second most-decorated Olympian in Rio 2016 after the pool legend and USA flag bearer she’s oft-compared to. What is this?

Ledecky, 19, typically expresses more excitement about other people’s success than about her own.

"I was pumped," Ledecky said. Watch highlights of the race. Watch Katie Ledecky's flawless highlihgts from Rio 2016, https://olympic-vh.akamaihd.net/i/Assets/MediaPlayer/Videos/Streaming/2012/London/08-04/Swimming_Womens_800m_Freestyle_Final_-_United_States_Gold_-__London_2012_Olympic_Games_Highlights_,0200,0400,0600,1200,1800,2500,3500,4500,6500,8500,.mp4.csmil/master.m3u8.


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