Phelps has a chance to win his 23rd gold medal in his final race of the Olympics, the 4-x-100 medley relay.
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“It’s kind of the end of a four-year dream”, she said.
In tonight’s race, and in many performances since the London Olympics, Ledecky has shown she’s intent on fulfilling that potential.
How dominant is Ledecky in the 800?
Russia was suspended from track and field events by the International Association of Athletics Federations in November 2015 amid allegations of state-sponsored doping. The New York Times points out that Ledecky can’t leave her lane until the others finish. “So just to get my hands on second, I’m so happy”.
Katie Ledecky leads the field by a wide margin in the women’s 800m freestyle final on Day 7 of the Rio 2016 Olympic Games at the Olympic Aquatics Stadium.
Bethesda’s Ashley Nee came up short of qualifying for K-1 Whitewater kayaking finals with her run Thursday.
“She’s doing times that women have never done before because she’s not afraid to think outside the box”, fellow Olympian Michael Phelps said. “It’s been a really long week and I knew it was going to be a tough one”. Track runners now speed down surfaces that are built to be much “faster” than older courses could have been, and they’re wearing higher-tech shoes and clothes while they make their moves. Since then, she’s shaved more than nine seconds off it, leaving her rivals trailing in her wake. “Second, I want to beat Lilly King”. It’s that singular determination that stands out.
The scoreboard replays the United States’ Katie Ledecky celebrating after she won gold in the women’s 800-meter freestyle at the Summer Olympics, during the seventh inning of a baseball game between the Washington Nationals and.
Ledecky, who now owns the top 13 times in history of the women’s 800m freestyle, joins American Debbie Meyer (1968) as only other women to have won the 200, 400 and 800 freestyle events in an Olympic Games.
Trailing in her wake was Jazz Carlin of Great Britain, who finished over 11 seconds back to take silver, while Hungary’s Boglarka Kapas claimed bronze. Four years later, Ledecky raced in three individual events and two relays, totaling 3,400 meters. She said she did not believe so.
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AMAZING AYANA: Almaz Ayana, of Ethiopia, set a 10,000-meter world record in a race that will go down as one of the best ever at the Olympics. She was the last swimmer left, according to Gemmell.
