The dominant force in swimming for over a decade, Olympian Katie Ledecky Hopefully this will inspire young and emerging swimmers.
But 2024 Paris Olympic GamesLedecky poses Most Adored Female US Olympians of all time.
“There are many days that are tough. Many races are challenging, but I love it. I love being with my teammates. I love setting goals for myself and chasing them,” he said in an interview with “CBS Mornings.”
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Although he hasn’t set any new goals for himself yet, Ledecky She said she was enjoying the time off to “take everything in” after training seven days a week for the Paris Games.
Her new memoir, “Just Add Water,” charts her journey from Bethesda, Maryland, to becoming one of the greatest athletes of her generation. In it, she talks about meeting another great athlete, Michael Phelps, when she was just 6 years old. Years later, they became teammates.
“When I was 15, he gave me a high-five in the ready room during the London Olympics and in that moment I immediately remember looking at him and getting his autograph…it made a huge impact on me,” she said.
Ledecky She writes that she is often compared to a male swimmer’s stroke, and explains that she hopes to change this dialogue.
“When I first came into this field, I was swimming with a little bit of a different stroke than the other female swimmers and I think that’s what makes me so great, what inspired me to come into this field was to do something different,” she said. “I hope that in the future and maybe even today people will be able to say, ‘Oh she swims like Katie Ledecky,’ or, ‘She has the same stroke as Katie.’”
With 14 medals, nine of them gold, Ledecky is far from done. The four-time Olympian hopes to compete in Los Angeles in 2028.
“I love swimming in LA. I think the Olympics in the United States is a unique opportunity,” she said. “Not every athlete gets a chance to compete in the Olympics on home soil.”