Katie Ledecky took house 4 medals throughout the Tokyo Olympics, two gold and two silver, but it surely additionally marked the primary era in her Olympic profession she misplaced a person.
It used to be at that month all of the international were given to look Australia’s Ariarne Titmus and Canada’s Summer season McIntosh at the international level – no less than for many who don’t apply swimming as carefully as others.
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Gold medalist Katie Ledecky of Workforce USA and bronze medalist Ariarne Titmus of Workforce Australia pose throughout the medal rite of the ladies’s 800-meter freestyle on the Fukuoka International Aquatics Championships in Japan on July 29, 2023. (Sarah Stier/Getty Pictures)
Upcoming got here the 2023 International Aquatics Championships. Australian swim megastar Cate Campbell poured salt on the wounds of the U.S. later her squad completed the development with 15 gold medals and the U.S. had seven – regardless that the American citizens completed all of the match with 44 general medals.
Ledecky instructed Fox Information Virtual in a up to date interview that she’s up for the contest with Australia or whichever nation it can be in a couple of months as soon as the Paris Olympics begin.
“I think the world of swimming is super competitive right now. It’s not just the United States and Australia,” Ledecky stated. “There are amazing swimmers from all over the world. Certainly, the U.S. and Australia have been top nations for many, many years.”
Katie Ledecky competes within the ladies’s 800-meter freestyle ultimate on the TYR Professional Swim Order in San Antonio on April 13, 2024. (Sarah Stier/Getty Pictures)
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“There’s some really competitive relay competitions between the two countries. But really, I don’t think we can count out anyone at this point from around the world. I certainly have my eyes on lots of different swimmers from around the world. I’m mainly focused on my own performance and what I can do to help Team USA.”
Ledecky, who has received seven gold medals in her Olympic profession, stated she’s by no means been one to be complacent however loved the heightened urgency within the pond.
“I think it just heightens the competition when there is somebody out there that’s taking things to the next level and the people in the lanes next to you know that. I’ve been racing well recently, so I just know that I have to bring my best this summer and that’s [what] I’m training to do and aiming to do in competition.”
Katie Ledecky competes within the ladies’s 800-meter freestyle ultimate on the TYR Professional Swim Order in San Antonio on April 13, 2024. (Sarah Stier/Getty Pictures)
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She is going to nonetheless technically need to build it in the course of the Olympic Trials to build the U.S. group. But it surely’s safeguard to mention she’s in excellent surrounding to get there.
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