Eighteen years later, Katie Ledecky is the world’s most dominant freestyle swimmer. AdvertisementAdvertisement“Katie Ledecky is doing what Katie Ledecky does!” the public address announcer shouted last month as she completed another convincing victory during the U.S. Olympic swimming trials in Omaha, Neb. Katie Ledecky competes in the women’s 1500-meter freestyle during the U.S. Olympic swim trials on June 16 in Omaha, Neb. ::55.66At the Olympic trials last month, Greg Meehan, Ledecky’s coach who leads the Stanford women’s swimming program and the women’s Olympic team, asked for a prediction. This is a completely different kind of race, 30 laps of endurance that is part of the women’s Olympic program in Tokyo for the first time.

Source: Los Angeles Times July 15, 2021 11:02 UTC