Katie Ledecky’s victory added to her gold medal haul and brought with it a piece of history. But for Ledecky, her time represented the thing that matters most: progress.
But shortly after touching in 15 minutes 26.27 seconds, as she hung on the wall and waited for the others to finish, Ledecky threw her right fist into the water. Her victory Tuesday added to her gold medal haul and brought with it a piece of history, but for Ledecky, her time represented the thing that matters most, the thing that keeps her in the pool at age 26: progress.
It was the latest bit of evidence that her move from Stanford to coach Anthony Nesty’s pro group at the University of Florida shortly after Tokyo was the best thing she could have done. Ledecky’s gold was one of two on the day with Team USA, with veteran Ryan Murphy winning the men’s 100-meter backstroke in 52.22 seconds.
On Tuesday, she was under her world record pace 200 meters into the race, held a lead of more than three seconds at the 500 mark and was more than 8 ½ seconds ahead at the 1,000. By the time she turned for the final 50, she was a full length of the pool ahead of the last couple of swimmers in the field.
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