For Katie Ledecky, there is seemingly no such thing as burnout. Sure, there are times when it all gets a bit monotonous, staring at that black line at the bottom of the pool, turning lap after lap.
Katie Ledecky gets ready for the Women’s 800 freestyle finals Saturday, June 22, 2024, at the US Swimming Olympic Trials in Indianapolis. Katie Ledecky swims during the Women’s 800 freestyle finals Saturday, June 22, 2024, at the US Swimming Olympic Trials in Indianapolis. Katie Ledecky smiles after the Women’s 800 freestyle finals Saturday, June 22, 2024, at the US Swimming Olympic Trials in Indianapolis.
“Every athlete, as they get older, has to learn new ways to set goals, learn new ways to evaluate the results,” Ledecky said. All these years later, after all those trips to the top of the medal podium, she feels much the same way. She took gold in the 200, 400 and 800 freestyle with a pair of world records . For good measure, she anchored the U.S. to a gold in the 4x200 free relay with a time that was more than a second faster than anyone else in the final., the rest of the world began to catch up in the shorter races. For the first time, she was beaten in an individual race whenLedecky doesn’t plan to swim the 200 free in Paris even though she won that event at the U.S. Olympic trials.
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