Tag: Katie Ledecky
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Katie Ledecky 15:20.48 and New 1500 Free World Record
See for instance Swimming World http://www.swimmingworldmagazine.com/news/katie-ledecky-smashes-1500-free-world-record-first-night-tyr-indianapolis-pro-swim-series/
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Katie Ledecky turns pro: Olympic swimmer leaves Stanford 2 years early
Katie Ledecky’s spectacular swimming career at Stanford is over. The five-time Olympic champion announced Monday she will forgo her final two years of eligibility and pursue professional opportunities while continuing her training and classes at Stanford. The sophomore was expected to leave college swimming at some point to train for the 2020 Olympics in Tokyo.…
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Abbey visits the U.S. Olympic Training Center
Abbey Cornelius was diagnosed with Stage 2 non-Hodgkin’s Lymphoma in February. She recently got the chance to fulfil her life long dream of swimming at the Olympic Training Center and meeting Katie Ledecky.
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Katie Ledecky First Swimmer In 21 Years To Be Named AP Female Athlete Of The Year
There are very few honors left to bestow upon Katie Ledecky that the two-time Olympic swimmer hasn’t already received, and yet she added another to the résumé on Tuesday. Ledecky was named the Associate Press Female Athlete of the Year, beating out fellow Olympians Serena Williams and Allyson Felix to become the eighth female swimmer…
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Caeleb Dressel, Katie Ledecky Take Top Honors At USA Swimming’s Golden Goggles
With the retirement of Michael Phelps and established stars like Missy Franklin and Ryan Lochte absent, the U.S. swim team arrived in Budapest, Hungary, for the 2017 FINA World Championships with an opening for a new star to emerge. By the time the competition was over, Caeleb Dressel did just that, winning seven gold medals,…
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Katie Ledecky Named Women’s Sports Foundation Individual Sportswoman of the Year
Following a six-medal performance at the 2017 FINA World Championships and a record-setting season at Stanford, Katie Ledecky (Bethesda, Md./Stanford Swimming) was named Wednesday as the Women’s Sports Foundation’s 2017 Individual Sportswoman of the Year. Ledecky was honored as the award winner at the 38th Annual Salute to Women in Sports awards gala at Cipriani Wall Street in New…
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Team USA | Remembering Rio | Katie Ledecky 800m Freestyle
Ledecky breaks her own world record by almost two seconds, won by more than 11 seconds over the silver medalist.
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Team USA | Remembering Rio | Women’s 4x200m Freestyle
Katie Ledecky anchors and helps Team USA come from behind to defeat Australia and win gold in the women’s 4x200m relay.
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Team USA | Remembering Rio | Katie Ledecky – 200m Freestyle
Katie Ledecky out-touches Sarah Sjostrom of Sweden to win her third (of four) gold medal at the Olympic Games Rio 2016.