- NBC Sports
Katie Ledecky, after chats with legends, wins two races in one night at Olympic Trials
Katie Ledecky won two races in one night at the U.S. Olympic Swimming Trials in Omaha.
- Reuters
Olympics-'The Ledecky Show' lights up U.S. Olympic swimming trials
Ledecky, who had booked her Tokyo ticket by winning the 400m free on Monday, took on her toughest test of the week in the Omaha pool by racing in the two finals, adding two more events to her Olympic programme. After powering to a commanding win in the 200m Ledecky was back 70 minutes later and cruised home nearly half a pool length ahead of her nearest challenger Erica Sullivan in a time of 15 minutes, 40.50 seconds, the fastest in the world this year. The 24-year-old has now qualified in three events and will defend the 200 and 400m free gold medals she won at the 2016 Rio Olympics, while the 1,500m will be contested by the women at the Games for the first time in Tokyo.
- Associated Press
2 for 2: Ledecky wins her shortest, longest races at trials
The long and short of it was not an issue for Katie Ledecky. On another memorable night for the American swimming star, Ledecky won the 200-meter freestyle and the historic 1,500 free about 70 minutes apart at the U.S. Olympic trials Wednesday, locking up two more individual events for the Tokyo Games. Then, a grueling metric mile comprising 30 laps โ the longest race in pool swimming and one that will be making its Olympic debut for the women in Tokyo.
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