She was swimming like most classic female distance swimmers, Suguiyama later told the American Swimming Coaches Assn. Its just her commitment and desire for getting better.. Ledecky accepted an athletic scholarship to Stanford University, where she swam for coach Greg Meehan's Stanford Cardinal women's swimming team. Im willing to bet she has a V02 max thats better than anybody else on the face of the earth, Robinson said, referring to the maximum amount of oxygen a person uses while exercising. On the fourth day of competition, Ledecky tied for silver in the 200-meter freestyle (with Emma McKeon), finishing behind Federica Pellegrini with a time of 1:55.18. She settled for the silver this time in 3:57.36, the fourth-fastest time ever recorded. [47] Twenty-nine minutes later, Ledecky qualified 6th in the 200-meter freestyle with a time of 1:56.76. In between London and Rio, Ledecky quietly became the world's most dominant swimmer no longer just a distance specialist. Not a drop of milk spilled. The girl couldnt make it across the pool. [108] These two swims secured her spots on the US Olympic Team for the 2020 Summer Olympics in the 1500 meter freestyle and 200 meter freestyle individual events as well as the 4x200 meter freestyle relay. Ledecky returned to competition three days later to swim the final of the women's 4x200-meter freestyle relay. Ledecky's split was the fastest of all swimmers in the relay finals. The goals were adjusted to pursue times that felt a little scary, a little unreasonable, more than a little exciting: 3:56 in the 400 freestyle and 8:05 in the 800 freestyle. At the NCAA Championships in Indianapolis, Ledecky helped lead Stanford to its first team title since 1998. Ledecky finished second in the 400-yard individual medley to Eastin, who lowered the record Ledecky set a month earlier at the Pac-12 Championships. Ledecky leaves some of the most experienced people in swimming grasping for the secret to her dominance. Sometimes that happens. Its a mindset that different to go out as fast as you can without being blatantly reckless.. Shes just doing it better than everybody else., Bruce Gemmell, Katie Ledeckys coach at the Nations Capital Swim Club, Some of this immunity to pressure comes from her knack to set goals, internalize them, then turn them into reality. I think she loves the training more than she loves competing, Michael said. Her 3:57.36 on Sunday was the second-fastest she . The next day, Ledecky added her third meet record by swimming on the American 4200-meter freestyle relay team with Shannon Vreeland, Missy Franklin, and Leah Smith. During her career, she has broken sixteen world records. [89], Ledecky began 2021 at the TYR Pro Swim Series at San Antonio, Texas. Ledecky concluded the championships with another gold medal in the 1500-meter freestyle, winning by a margin of 21.11-seconds (15:38.97). She has no long torso, no wide wingspan . Yuri Suguiyama, her first coach, watched Phelps break Australian Ian Thorpes world record in the 200 freestyle during the world championships in Melbourne. The 800? The top 11 times. I promise this isnt because Im getting my butt kicked.. An iron will? That shows a mastery. Katie Ledecky's height is 6 feet tall and her body weight is 73 kilograms. May 4, 2020, 8:23 p.m. Five days after she turned 23, Katie Ledecky '20 . [137], Ledecky won the 1500-meter freestyle two days later in a time of 15:30.15, over 14 seconds faster than runner-up and teammate Katie Grimes. Nature versus nurture? In her first event in Barcelona, the 400-meter freestyle, Ledecky became a world champion for the first time by winning in 3:59.82, setting a new American record and becoming the second-fastest performer of all time in the event.[31]. In the 400-yard individual medley, Ledecky broke Katinka Hossz's all-time record by one-hundredth of a second, finishing in 3:56.53. On the fifth day of competition, Ledecky, with Missy Franklin, Leah Smith, and Katie McLaughlin won gold in the 4200-meter freestyle relay. [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]. 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. Do not let it pass over you., Subscribers get early access to this story. She has no long torso, no wide. 883 following. Trust me. [83], Ledecky collected several end-of-decade honors. "She's relatively short (at 5-foot-11) and she doesn't have an excessive wingspan." Nevertheless, Ledecky's arms are long enough to wrap around what could. Gemmell warned other men in the training camp to be ready for Ledecky to beat them. 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. Shes doing what everybody else does. Fifty-two percent of SwimSwam.com readers voted Ledecky the top swimmer of the decade, ahead of Michael Phelps. In Budapest, Ledecky broke the World Aquatics Championships' all-time female gold medal record, winning five golds and one silver to bring her career title total to 14. 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. In her first event, the 400-meter freestyle, Ledecky successfully defended her world title, finishing with a championship record time of 3:58.34. In the final, she joined Simone Manuel, Abbey Weitzeil, and Dana Vollmer and recorded a split of 52.79, helping the team earn a silver medal (behind Australia) with a time of 3:31.89, a new national record for the United States. Take the 400 freestyle final at the trials. [96] In the evening final of the 400 meter freestyle, Ledecky finished first with a time of 4:01.27, securing her first spot on her third US Olympic Team swimming the 400 meter freestyle at the 2020 Summer Olympics. Thats key to her success. Katie Ledecky, byname of Kathleen Genevieve Ledecky, (born March 17, 1997, Washington, D.C., U.S.), American swimmer who was one of the sport's dominant freestylers in the early 21st century, breaking numerous records. In keeping with Ledeckys low-key personality, the goals stayed between them. Ledecky recorded a split of 52.64 in the heats. Ledecky's fastest time in the 400 freestyle is the world record time, 3:56.46, set in her gold medal-winning performance at the 2016 Rio Olympics. A similar picture covered the front of the building as the trials took place last month, another reminder that she is the face of the sport. She set a time of 15:08.24, breaking the previous world record set by German swimmer Sarah Khler by almost 10 seconds. Hideki Takagi, a professor at the University of Tsukuba in Japan focused on the hydrodynamics and biomechanics of swimming, underlined the importance of this trait. Verified. [108][109][110] Ledecky swam a 15:40.50 in the 1500 meter freestyle, lowering her Championship Record from the day before and becoming the first winner of the women's 1500 meter freestyle at the US Olympic Trials. Her world records came in the 800- and 1500-meter freestyles. 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. Shes swimming faster than we are, said Urbanchek, coach to 44 Olympians and an assistant on six Olympic teams. 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. On the meet's first day, she recorded the team's fastest split to lower the 800-yard freestyle relay record to 6:45.91 with Manuel, Neal, and Eastin. This was Ledecky's first international loss in a final in individual event. Were content to enjoy the gift. [11][12][13][14] Ledecky's mother is of Irish descent. [91], As part of the NBC evening telecast for day one of the 2020 USA Swimming Olympic Trials (postponed to June 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic), Ledecky was featured in an interview discussing Stanford University's commencement, finishing her college degree, and training for the Olympic Trials. But within an hour of each other? 3x U.S. Olympic Swimmer (2012, 2016, 2021) 7x Olympic Gold Medalist 19x World Champion Stanford grad #TeamTYR - Katie@teamwass.com. It worked. [136], On the first day of competition, Ledecky won the 400-meter freestyle in a championship record 3:58.15, besting Canadian silver medalist Summer McIntosh by 1.24 seconds. Then it did. Her wins came in the 200-, 400-, 800-, and 1500-meter freestyles and the 4200-meter freestyle. One key is obsessive attention to detail. Katie Ledecky isn't just an Olympian; she's one of the most gifted athletes in the world. Ledecky swam the second half of the race faster than the first, completing the final 800 meters in 8:14.11faster than any other woman has completed a regular 800-meter race in a textile suit. In winning the 400 through 1500-meter titles, she became the second woman ever to win the events in a World Championships since German Hannah Stockbauer in 2003. Thats not new. Her 400-meter split was 4:04.34, a personal best for Ledecky in that distance, and would have placed fifth in the individual 400-meter freestyle. Experts single out the way Ledeckys palm wraps about the water and pulls it back. Is she tall for the average person? "[18], During the championships' closing ceremonies, Ledecky was named the female swimmer of the meet.[43]. 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. In the end, Ledecky was able to hold off a fast charging Pellegrini, eventually winning by a 0.16 margin. She has an uncanny ability to remain herself, not flinch in the face of scrutiny and focus on the task at hand. What I found over time what she was great at, though, was her desire to get better. So did Phelps asymmetrical stroke thats known as galloping or loping and is common among high-level men. Ledecky began the World Championships by winning gold in the 400-meter freestyle in a time of 3:59.13, a new championship record and almost four seconds ahead of her closest competitor. And Ariarne Titmus, the 20-year-old sensation nicknamed The Terminator, posted the second-best time in history a day earlier at the Australian trials. At the Pac-12 Championships in Federal Way, Washington, Ledecky earned Swimmer of the Meet honors with four American records as Stanford won its first conference title in four years. In the 1500-meter freestyle, Ledecky broke her own world record in a time of 15:25.48. 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. Unlike her other races, it was not an easy win for Ledecky, which featured the likes of Missy Franklin and Federica Pellegrini. In her third, and first relay event of her international career, the 4200-meter freestyle, Ledecky and teammates Shannon Vreeland, Karlee Bispo, and Missy Franklin won gold in 7:45.14. It might be easy to brush off the prediction as a fluke, but chance doesnt play much of a role when Ledecky is involved. [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. The section also will be available for purchase at latimes.com/store. In a video posted on social media last summer, Ledecky placed a glass of chocolate milk on her head, then swam the length of the pool. They were called watch times.. What stood out to me was nothing stood out physically, he said. Maybe the history Ledecky is making is as remarkable as how shes doing it. This is something really, really special.. On the first day of competition, Ledecky won gold in the 800-meter freestyle with a championship-record time of 8:09.13, topping runner-up Ariarne Titmus of Australia by 7.94 seconds. They review the video together, as much for what he notices as her feedback. Two days later, she recorded a time of 1:54.88 en route to winning the 200-meter freestyle. She is Unmarried. On the third day, Ledecky defeated Titmus wire-to-wire in the 400-meter freestyle.[80]. No. [32] The hard-fought race saw Ledecky overcome Dane Lotte Friis in the final few hundred meters after losing the lead at the 300-meter mark and included a final 50 split of 29.47. At 6 feet, the second-time Olympian is not extraordinarily tall compared with her peers. At the Ohio State Invitational in November 2016, Ledecky lowered her American and U.S. Open marks in the women's 500-yard freestyle and 1650-yard freestyle.[60]. 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. [109][111] She swam a 1:55.11 in the 200 meter freestyle. 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. The biggest question when she knifes through the water usually isnt whether shes going to touch the wall first, but how many body lengths shell be in front of the second-place finisher. Some said it would never happen. More recently, in the 1,500 at the Olympic trials, again, except . The quiet 15-year-old usually kept up with the men, who noticed fearlessness and poise that belied her youth. Many of the top women in the world also possess great height, as world record-holders Sarah Sjostrom and Katie Ledeckey are both six feet tall (1.83m), while 100 free gold medalists Simone Manuel. National Team Director Frank Busch described Ledecky's 1500 performance as "the most impressive race I have ever seen, and I've been in the sport for 50 years. She's blazing a completely different trail than anyone who has come before. But everybody feels that.. [131], Following the Olympic Games on September 22nd, Ledecky announced her intention to train with coach Anthony Nesty at the University of Florida. Somehow she makes this look easy. 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 . 578K followers. Ledecky provided the US with an early lead, swimming the first leg in a personal best of 1:56.32. Ledecky's six individual gold medals at the Olympics, 14 individual gold medals at the World Aquatics Championships, and 22 overall medals at the World Aquatics Championships are records in women's swimming. [76], Ledecky signed her first sponsorship deal with TYR Sport, Inc. on June 8, 2018. The stories pile up. [74] She signed with Wasserman sports agent Dan Levy for representation.[75]. That continued when Ledecky arrived at Stanford as a freshman in 2016. Ledecky's swim was the seventh-fastest performance in history. She won 10 Olympic medals, 7 of which were gold. [29] In the final, Ledecky stunned the field, winning gold by more than four seconds, with a time of 8:14.63, the then second-fastest effort of all time just behind Rebecca Adlington's world record of 8:14.10 set in 2008. Ledecky is the first swimmer to win the 200-, 400-, 800- and 1500-meter freestyles in a major competition. [85] She finished third in the Associated Press's Female Athlete of the Decade voting, behind Serena Williams and Simone Biles. [97][98][99][100] This accomplishment was highlighted by various news outlets including NBC Sports, Newsweek, and USA Today. On the first day of the meet, Ledecky anchored the 800-yard freestyle relay with a 1:40.28 split to break the NCAA, American, and U.S. Open record in the 800-yard freestyle relay with Lia Neal, Katie Drabot, and Ella Eastin. Shes doing what everybody else does. Dwyer topped out at 40 inches. Figure Skating championships. During their next training session, he recalled, she said, Weve got to get our 40. She did. "Katie Ledecky is the student that takes 20 credits a semester at Harvard and gets a 4.0 every semester -- and nobody likes that person," said Elizabeth Beisel, a 2012 Olympic silver and bronze . Mary Gen Ledecky, who swam in college, encouraged her daughter to write down goals. Her world records came in the 400- and 1500-meter freestyles, with times of 3:58.37 and 15:28.36, respectively. Katie Grimes, who at 15 finished second in the 1,500-meter freestyle during the swim trials, said, "Maybe I can be just like Katie [Ledecky] one day," after her trials performance. As a freestyle swimmer, Katie possesses fifteen World gold medals, five Olympic golds, and 14 Pan Pacifics. [61] On the meet's third day, she won the 400-yard individual medley in a new American record of 3:57.68 before finishing second to teammate Simone Manuel in the 200-yard freestyle with a personal best time less than a half hour later. When Ledecky isn't training, she doesn't stray much from her . But Ledecky doesnt just beat records, she transforms them. If I have a bad practice, I dont let it get to me, Ledecky said. Katie wants to win by the most massive margin possible, but I dont think she wants to break anyones soul like Michael Jordan did, Barbini said. Even elite womens swimmers at the Olympics arent able to pull off that kind of stroke.. She won a fourth gold in her final individual event, the 800-meter freestyle. But Katie Ledecky would rather study it at Stanford once the Rio Games are in the past. 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. The next day, Ledecky lowered her own mark again in the 500-yard freestyle with a time of 4:25.15. Ledecky opened the Trials with a win and meet record in the 400-meter freestyle (3:58.98). She has an unnatural sense of what will happen in the pool call it swimming intelligence thats as impressive to witness as it is difficult to quantify. Genetics? God? Swimming the third leg, Ledecky passed Australia and Canada to take the lead with the third-fastest split in history (1:53.67). Ledecky's supremacy is not born of any freakish physiological gifts such as Phelps' enormous wingspan or double jointed ankles. Coming Sunday: Home subscribers will receive the Los Angeles Times 24-page Olympic preview section, your guide to the upcoming Games. Katie Ledecky hugs Erica Sullivan after winning the womens 1500 freestyle during the second wave of the U.S. Olympic Swim Trials on June 16 in Omaha, Neb. The most impressive thing for me is blocking out the noise and not feeling the pressure., Urbanchek put it bluntly: Nothing distracts her., Theres no special sauce. 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. [65] In the meet's final event, Ledecky joined Manuel, Neal, and Hu to swim the second leg of Stanford's 400-yard freestyle relay. I think I do a pretty good job of sticking to those and not seeing what kinds of medal counts or times that people are throwing out about what I could accomplish if everything goes perfectly.. The most important expectations are the ones that I have for myself, said Ledecky, who graduated from Stanford with a psychology degree last month. Its a remarkable combination, particularly for someone to be that dominant for so long, which takes so much commitment, while at the same time being so nice and polite and kind.. [4], Ledecky began swimming at the age of six due to the influence of her older brother, Michael, and her mother, who swam for the University of New Mexico. On July 1, Ledecky broke Janet Evans's 28-year-old national championship record in the morning preliminary heats of the 800-meter freestyle (8:10.91) before placing seventh that evening in the 100-meter freestyle (53.99). [16] Her uncle Jon Ledecky is a businessman and a co-owner of the NHL team New York Islanders. [86], Ledecky began 2020 at the TYR Pro Swim Series in Des Moines, Iowa, where she won the 200-, 400- and 1500-meter freestyle races. Ledecky's winning time was over six seconds quicker than American teammate and silver medalist Cierra Runge. Ledecky, who has broken the 4-minute barrier in the distance 20 times, thought she had been faster. The 1,500? At the 2019 World Aquatics Championships in Gwangju, South Korea, Ledecky battled illness and withdrew from two events before winning her fourth-straight World Championship title in the 800-meter freestyle. Then the windmilling to the other side resumed. She has recognition of these things in the middle of a race and can make an adjustment. [88] Ledecky did not compete at any other events during 2020. Ledecky won freestyle golds as a 16-year-old in the 2013 World Championships in the 400m, 800m, 1,500m and the 4x200m, following her first place in the 800m in London 2012. You may occasionally receive promotional content from the Los Angeles Times. [93], On the second day, June 14, 2021, Ledecky competed in the prelims of the 400 meter freestyle in the morning, swimming a 4:03.07, ranking 1st out of all prelims heats, and advancing to the final in the evening. Her time of 7:57.42 surpassed Mireia Belmonte's mark from 2013.[142]. Katie Ledecky was born on 17 March 1997 in Washington, DC, United States. 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. It was two big kicks and bilateral breathing. [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. Midway through the 25-meter journeys at the Palisades Swim and Tennis Club in Cabin John, Md., shed grab a lane line and catch her breath like so many other 6-year-olds figuring out how to swim. But the time was almost five seconds off Ledeckys world record set in Rio. She also holds the fastest-ever times in the women's 500-, 1000-, and 1650-yard freestyle events. [124][125] In the same prelims session as the 1500 meter freestyle, Ledecky ranked first in the 200 meter freestyle with a time of 1:55.28 and advanced to the event's semifinals. [141], The following week at the World Cup's Indianapolis stop, Ledecky broke the world record in the 800m short course freestyle. She won the first-ever women's 1500 . Ledecky was the defending Olympic champion and world-record holder. [101][102][103], In the morning of day three, Ledecky swam a 1:57.58 in the 200 meter freestyle prelims, ranking second fastest of all heats. Ledecky almost broke the world record in the 800-meter freestyle, finishing with a time of 8:11.35. Ledecky made her first splash in international swimming after her freshman year at Stone Ridge School of the Sacred Heart in . Were offering L.A. Times subscribers first access to our best journalism. She took silver in her first race of the Games, and then missed out on medaling in the 200 . 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. For lengthy races like the 1,500 meters, this must remain constant for more than 15 minutes. Eighteen years later, Katie Ledecky is the worlds most dominant freestyle swimmer. There are technical explanations: her aerobic system using oxygen with extraordinary efficiency, while her anaerobic system generates explosive bursts of energy. Most of the time she didnt. Katie Ledecky. With this win being Ledecky's twelfth World Championship gold medal, Ledecky passed Missy Franklin for the most gold medals won by a female swimmer in long course World Championships history.[70]. Each month, she sends practice video to Russell Mark, a former rocket scientist who is USA Swimmings national team performance manager. (Toni L. Sandys/The Washington Post) At . She doesnt have an unusually long torso or long arms or large hands. A 58-foot-wide picture of Ledecky adorned the outside of the CHI Health Center in Omaha during the Olympic trials in 2016. 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At the academic year's conclusion, the College Sports Information Directors of America named Ledecky the Division I Academic All-America Team Member of the Year for her athletic and academic achievements. Her wins came in the 200-, 400-, 800-, and 1500-meter freestyle and the 4200-meter freestyle. Ledecky trailed Quadarella into the final wall. [58] Ledecky was also the 2nd most decorated Olympian at the 2016 games behind Michael Phelps (5 golds, 1 silver).[59]. And perhaps thats the greatest mystery of all. Her six individual gold medals are the most of any female Olympic swimmer and female US Olympian, and the second-most of all Olympic swimmers behind Michael Phelps. The American . [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. A combination of protein (like chicken, steak, or salmon) and a carb (like rice, vegetable, or pasta) rounds out her day. [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. The Untold Truth Of Katie Ledecky. [84] Readers of The London Evening Standard voted Ledecky the International Sportswoman of the Decade. Katie Ledecky reacts after winning her heat in the Womens 200 Freestyle during the second wave of the U.S. Olympic Swim Trials on June 15 in Omaha, Neb. Ledecky began 2016 at the Arena Pro Swim Series at Austin. [127][128] In the finals of these two events, Ledecky failed to reach the podium for the 200 m freestyle, placing 5th behind Titmus, Haughey, Oleksiak, and Yang, but placed 1st in the 1500 m race, leading teammate Erica Sullivan (silver) by 4 seconds, clinching her first gold medal of the Games. She reset her American, NCAA, and U.S. Open records in the 800-yard freestyle relay, 500-yard freestyle, and 400-yard freestyle relay and won a meet-best five race titles overall. [19], In December 2016, Ledecky was chosen as one of the sponsors of the US Navy aircraft carrier USSEnterprise alongside gymnast Simone Biles. She broke the existing mark by five seconds. Theres no special sauce. Katie Ledecky owns her time. She didnt hesitate to start faster than they expected and maintain the aggressive pace. After a year of uncertainty brought on by postponement of the Tokyo Olympics, top U.S. swimmers are ready for some familiarity at the U.S. swim trials. What transformed that girl who couldnt make it across the pool? At the 750-meter mark, Ledecky was 3.42 seconds ahead of Mireia Belmonte Garca, and 0.31 seconds under world record pace. [34], Ledecky scored more points than any other swimmer to earn the FINA trophy for best female swimmer of the meet.[35]. Twice each week, she trained against long-distance swimmers Liam Egan and True Sweetser. ronbei bedside sleeper assembly instructions,
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