TOKYO — The greatest female swimmer ever swam the second-fastest 400-meter freestyle of her entire life on Monday, and for as long as Katie Ledecky can remember, that was good enough. Her greatness was untouchable.
She just got beat, for the first time at the Olympics, by a woman four years her junior, a woman who had been inspired by Ledecky’s own greatness. When the two climbed out of the pool, Titmus approached Ledecky and thanked her. The American had seemingly slowed in the five years since she set a 400-meter world record in Rio. And she admitted Monday that the external doubts had punctured her bubble. "I've had to overcome a little bit of that, self-doubt," she said. But she worked to eliminated it. She trained maniacally. The five weeks between trials and Tokyo engendered self-belief. And she validated all of it Monday. She obliterated the narrative. She swam faster than she had in five years.
Over the final length, Ledecky emptied her body, her soul, her mind. “I felt like I fought,” Ledecky said. “Fought tooth and nail."
Oh well
How about that Canadian 14 year old who came in 4th though?
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