by admin | Jul 29, 2022 | Representation, SEW
Any time Katie Ledecky swims a personal best, it’s a notable accomplishment. Ledecky, the 10-time Olympic medalist, swam the fastest 400m individual medley of her career for her third victory in as many nights at the U.S. Championships in Irvine, California, on...
by admin | Jul 27, 2022 | Representation, SEW
Katie Ledecky extended her 12-year win streak in her trademark event by winning the 800m freestyle on the first day of the five-day U.S. Swimming Championships in Irvine, California, on Tuesday. Ledecky, who owns the 29 fastest times in history in the event, clocked 8...
by admin | Jun 30, 2022 | Representation, SEW
One of the fallbacks for radio hosts when the local teams aren’t performing well — which is almost always nowadays — is to raise this question: “Who is the greatest athlete to represent the Washington area?” Or, as the pundits now like to call it, “the DMV.” It is a...
by admin | Jun 27, 2022 | Representation, SEW
The U.S. shattered the record for world swimming championships medals, winning eight more on the final day to finish with 45. It held the previous record of 38 from 2017. The U.S. closed out competition Saturday with gold in the men’s 50m backstroke (Justin Ress, who...
by admin | Jun 21, 2022 | Representation, SEW
Katie Ledecky won a record-extending 17th swimming world title with a comfortable victory in the 1,500m free in Budapest on Monday. With this latest gold medal, Ledecky also tied fellow American Natalie Coughlin for the women’s record of 20 career medals at the...
by admin | Jun 21, 2022 | Representation, SEW
Katie Ledecky is more interested in lap times than medal counts. She was satisfied with both at the world swimming championships on Monday. Ledecky took gold in the 1500m freestyle for her 20th career world medal, tying Natalie Coughlin for the female record. Ledecky,...
by admin | Jun 20, 2022 | Representation, SEW
Katie Ledecky reclaimed the 400m freestyle crown to open the world swimming championships, prevailing in the absence of rival Ariarne Titmus of Australia. Ledecky won in a championship record 3 minutes, 58.15 seconds, topping 15-year-old Canadian Summer McIntosh by...
by admin | Jun 8, 2022 | Representation, SEW
Katie Ledecky will be plenty busy at the world championships that start next week, just not at the record level of mileage we saw in Tokyo. She’s slated to swim a total of 5,600 meters, a drop down from her 6,200 at the Olympics last year, an unprecedented total for...
by admin | May 23, 2022 | Representation, SEW
Ariarne Titmus broke Katie Ledecky‘s world record in the 400m freestyle at the Australian swimming trials on Sunday, becoming the first swimmer other than Ledecky to break a Ledecky world record. Titmus, the 21-year-old who won the Olympic 200m and 400m frees over...
by admin | May 5, 2022 | Representation, SEW
Katie Ledecky was standing where she has stood twice before over the past 10 years, at the White House, at a Team USA ceremony, a few feet from the President. The greatest female swimmer of all-time was back Wednesday to celebrate another Olympics, last year’s Tokyo...
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