Tag: Katie Ledecky
HEARD AFTER HALFTIME: Another 2012 gold medalist caught for doping; Katie Ledecky speaks and...
News, views and noise from the non-stop, worldwide circus of Olympic sport:
● Games of the XXX Olympiad: London 2012 ● The International Olympic Committee...
SWIMMING: Dressel wins 100 m Free in fastest race in 10 years, Ledecky returns,...
It seems to happen at least once in each World Championships, where the United States collects a bushel of medals in a single session,...
SWIMMING: Ledecky withdraws from Worlds 1,500 m Freestyle final
Whatever is bothering Katie Ledecky, it’s enough to keep her out of the pool entirely on Day 3 of the World Championships in Gwangju,...
SWIMMING: Ledecky, McKeon and Ruck all withdraw from Worlds 200 m Freestyle
The morning heats on the third day of the FINA World Championships brought three shocks in the same event, the women’s 200 m Freestyle:
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LANE ONE: Welcome to the best week of the Olympic-sport summer: FINA Worlds, Tour...
If you want to be up on your friends on who to look for in Tokyo in 2020, this would be a good week...
SWIMMING: Titmus stuns Ledecky with 400 m Free win in final meters; Adrian anchors...
Australia’s 18-year-old distance sensation Ariarne Titmus arrived on the world stage at the 2019 World Championships in Gwangju (KOR) and was 62/100ths behind world-record...
SWIMMING Preview/Women: Will Australia, Sjostrom and Hosszu bury the U.S. women in Gwangju?
Time for the main event: the swimming portion of the FINA World Championships in Gwangju (KOR), starting on Sunday morning. And for the world’s...
SWIMMING Panorama: Ledecky sends a message with world-leading 3:59.28; Titmus sends back a 3:59.35
They were swimming half a world apart, in Santa Clara, California and Brisbane, Australia, but it’s as if stars Kathie Ledecky (USA) and Ariarne...
SWIMMING: Lazor lights up King, moves to no. 2 all-time U.S. in Tyr Pro...
The story of the second and third days of the Tyr Pro Swim Series in Bloomington, Indiana has been Indiana star Lilly King, who...
SWIMMING: She’s the King: Lilly King swims world-leading 50 m Breast at Tyr Pro...
With her NCAA career at Indiana now completed, Olympic and World champ Lilly King has time for events like the Tyr Pro Swim Series...
SWIMMING Preview: Nathan Adrian returns to the pool in Tyr Pro Swim Series in...
The feel-good story of the 2019 swimming season will come this week at the Counsilman Billingsley Aquatics Center at Indiana University with the return...
LANE ONE: Is the Tokyo swimming schedule better for Katie Ledecky or Caeleb Dressel?
/Updated: see Endnote/ Now that the Tokyo organizers have released much of the detail of the 2020 Olympic sports schedules, it’s finally possible to...
LANE ONE: Morning swimming and track finals in Tokyo are the price of funding...
“Having finals in the morning, as requested by the International Olympic Committee, will enhance the visibility of athletics across all time zones.”
That comment from...
SWIMMING: Andrew stuns Kalisz in 200 m Medley on final day of Tyr Pro...
“That hurt so bad; I have a massive headache. I didn't expect that at all.”
Neither did anyone else, as 19-year-old Michael Andrew dominated not...
SWIMMING: Dressel back to dominant with four wins (so far) at Tyr Pro Swim...
After seven gold medals at the 2017 FINA World Championships, there seemed like nothing Caeleb Dressel couldn’t do.
Then came a motorcycle accident last June...
SWIMMING: World leader for Ledecky, PR for Smith in 800 m Free headlines Tyr...
The third leg of USA Swimming’s Tyr Pro Swim Series in Richmond, Virginia showcased some of the world’s best swimmers in the middle of...
SWIMMING Preview: World leaders Ledecky and Flickinger headline Tyr Pro Swim Series 3
The third leg of the Tyr Pro Swim Series comes this week in Richmond, Virginia and the Collegiate School Aquatic Center, beginning on Wednesday...
SWIMMING: Ledecky wins four at Tyr Pro Swim Series opener
To the surprise of absolutely no one, American superstar Katie Ledecky dominated the season opener of the Tyr Pro Swim Series, winning four events...
SWIMMING: Ledecky posts 200 m Free and 400 m Medley wins at Tyr Pro...
The first significant U.S. competition of 2019 opened with a strong performance by superstar Katie Ledecky, who won two events and then said she...
SWIMMING: Flickinger leads with five qualifying events at Winter Nationals
No U.S. teams were going to be selected from the USA Swimming Winter Nationals in Greensboro, North Carolina over the weekend. But as qualifying...
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