set a new world recordThe female world record holder completed the same distance in just underC. show age isn't a problem15 and a half minutes. But that swimmer, Katie Ledecky, is only 17 years oldD. recover from her injuryAnd Ms. Nagaoka was not competing against her. Her race was ...
Here's when Team USA star Katie Ledecky will be swimming at the 2024 Paris Olympics and how to watch her.
Ledecky is deferring enrollment at Stanford University to train for the 2016 Olympics where, some say, a new "race of the century" is brewing among the fastest female swimmers in the world. If she has time before Rio, Ledecky told CBS News she may also get around to getting her driv...
Growing up in Las Vegas,Katie Grimeshad posters of fellow swimmerKatie Ledeckyon her bedroom wall. So when the 10-time Olympic medalist told the 18-year-old she was "the future" of the sport, "That was pretty crazy," Grimes, who placed fourth in the 800-meter ...
Katie Ledecky utterly dominated the sport of swimming at the Olympics in Rio. Here is how to set goals like the greatest active swimmer on the planet.
Katie Ledecky looks on after winning the Women's 1500 Meter Freestyle Final on day 4 of the Toyota US Open on December 02, 2023 at the Greensboro Aquatic Center in Greensboro, North Carolina. Photo: Jacob Kupferman/Getty Images Who is competing at the 2024 U.S. Olympic Swimming Trials...
Between the two-headed monster of Katie Ledecky and Caeleb Dressel, the undisputed fastest swimmer in the world, Team USA’s pillars of the pool each own a whopping seven golds, in addition to Ledecky’s three silvers, and both titans are primed to gobble up more hardware as they square ...
American swimmer Katie Ledecky can swim a freestyle lap in about 30 seconds, so she'd make it back and forth almost eight times before the pool went dry (ok, the last few might be more like wading than swimming) World Aquatics, the international governing body that regulates water sports ...
Freestyle is the most popular swimming stroke in the world, and is an essential skill for swimmers of all levels. Every single swimmer, from beginner to elite, has at least one element of their freestyle stroke that can be refined and improved. From body
On July 26, 2021, Team USA swimmer Katie Ledecky won the gold medal in the first-ever 1,500-meter freestyle event for women. (The men's event has been held for decades.) If you're surprised that Tokyo 2020 was the first Olympics to hold this race for women, you're not alone. Wo...