5 Things to Know About 4-Time Olympic Gold Medalist Katie Ledecky

Katie Ledecky Wins Gold 800m World Record Rio Olympics 2016
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The Olympian has already won three gold medals at the Summer Games (added to her one gold in London) and she"s broken 12 world records throughout her career.

Before she competes in the women"s 800-meter freestyle later tonight, here are five things to know about Ledecky:

1. She"s rooming with fellow gold-medalist Simone Manuel.

While in Rio, Ledecky"s Olympic Village roommate is none other than Simone Manuel, who tied for gold in last night"s 100-meter freestyle. The proud roomie shared her excitement on Twitter:

2. She was the youngest American at the London Games in 2012.

Ledecky was just 15 at the Summer Games four years ago, making her the youngest member of Team USA at the time. Regardless, she managed to take home a gold medal for the 800-meter freestyle.

3. Swimming is a family thing.

Chlorinated water runs in her veins.

Ledecky"s mother swam at the University of New Mexico and her older brother, Michael, was also a swimmer. In fact, Ledecky began swimming at age 6 to follow in her big bother"s footsteps.

4. She"s off to college.

Though Ledecky deferred a year to train for the Olympics, the 19-year-old has committed to Stanford University. After this not-so-relaxing summer, she"ll be heading there in the fall.

5. If she takes the gold tonight, she will be the second swimmer ever to win gold in the 200-, 400- and 800-meter freestyle races at the same Games.

Only one has been able to do it before her. In the 1968 Olympics, Debbie Meyer managed to place first in all three events. Now that Ledecky has taken the gold in the only race she was not overwhelmingly favored to win (the 200-meter freestyle), it seems more likely than not that she will match Meyer"s trifecta.

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2016 Olympic swimming results: Katie Ledecky rules again, Michael Phelps adds a silver medal to his haul

Katie Ledecky Wins Gold 800m World Record Rio Olympics 2016

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Ledecky set another world record en route to her fourth gold medal, and Phelps won medal No. 27.

Katie Ledecky owns the Rio pool, and there"s nothing anyone can do about it. She dominated once again to win the gold medal in the women"s 800m freestyle in world record time,finishing in 8:04.79. She won by a ludicrous 11 seconds over silver, stealing the show one more time in Rio on a thrilling night in the water as swimming capped its eighth day.

The 800m freestyle is Ledecky"s best event, and she totally owns it. Ledecky has had the world record in the race since Aug. 3, 2013, and has reset the record four times since, going from 8:13.86 to her nearly 10-second improvement on Friday.

Watching her compete in the 800m was nearly comical, as there was absolutely no competition even halfway through the race. When Ledecky finished the race, there was barely a single swimmer even in sight of the 19-year-old phenom.

The only race was Ledecky against the world record line superimposed on the pool by NBC -- her own record, mind you. She broke it by nearly two seconds.

The medal is Ledecky"s fifth of the Games, with four golds plus a silver medal in the 4x100-meter freestyle relay. She"s incredible, clearly one of the greatest swimmers ever, and scariest of all, she can keep doing this for years to come.

Michael Phelps has first non-gold finish

Phelps had gold medal finishes in his first four races, butcame up a little short in the men"s 100m butterfly on Friday. Singapore"s Joseph Schooling, who had also beaten him in the heat, topped Phelps and set an Olympic record while he was at it. The 21-year-old Schooling has come a long way since this photo he took with Phelps in 2008.

Phelps finished in a three-way tie for second place at exactly 51.14 seconds, sharing the silver medal withSouth Africa"s Chad le Clos and Hungary"s Lszl Cseh. Here"s what the slightly awkward medal ceremony looked like.

Phelps has one final race on Saturday, the 4x100m medley relay. And Schooling can now forever say he beat the greatest swimmer and the best Olympian of all time for a medal.

Ervin wins his second 50-meter gold ... 16 years later

At 35, American Anthony Ervin became theoldest male swimmer to win a gold medal in the Olympics. Ervin had won the gold in the 2000 Sydney Olympics in the men"s 50-meter freestyle, and 16 years later he once again won the same event at Rio on Friday.

Ervin finished with a time of 21.40 seconds, topping silver medalist Florent Manaudou of France by literally a hundredth of a second. Ervin"s United States co-captain Nathan Adrian finished with bronze with a time of 21.49 seconds.

Dirado"s late surge wins her gold

Madeline Dirado"s winning performance inthe women"s 200-meter backstroke was the race that began a dominant night for the United States in the pool. Dirado"s win somehow might have been the most miraculous of them all, too.

Trailing until the very last stroke, Dirado"s last-second surge saw her beat gold medal favorite Katinka Hossz of Hungary with a time of2:05.99, just 0.06 seconds ahead of Hossz.

In total, the United States took three of the four gold medals on Friday, plus a silver and a bronze. For the swimming tournament, American swimmers have won 14 of the 29 available gold medals, nearly half, and 29 of the 86 total medals, more than a third.

Phelps dominates the pool, Ledecky is carrying on his tradition and the rest of the United States is racking up hardware too.

Source: http://www.sbnation.com/2016/8/12/12463056/olympics-2016-swimming-results-katie-ledecky-michael-phelps-melanie-dirado-anthony-ervin

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Katie Ledecky qualifies for Tuesday night"s 200 freestyle final

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Katie Ledecky qualifies second in the 200 freestyle semifinals.(Photo: Rob Schumacher, USA TODAY Sports)

RIO DE JANEIRO To the surprise of absolutely no one in the Aquatics Stadium, Katie Ledecky has qualified second for Tuesday nights 200 freestyle final and seemed to leave plenty in the tank.

The American superstar, who has pocketed a gold medal (400 free) and a silver medal (4x100 free relay), will aim for her third medal of these Games in one of her most intriguing races.

Ledecky is to put it simply the most dominant and most versatile swimmer in the world right now. Though she makes it look easy, its really, really hard to dominate every freestyle distance from the 200 to the mile. Yet she does.

Ledecky currently holds 400, 800 and 1,500 freestyle world records. She hasthe best time in the world this year in the 200, but shell face her stiffest competition of any of her individual events Tuesday night. Swedens Sarah Sjostrom qualified ahead of Ledecky, posting a 1:54.65 Monday night, and the 200 freestyle world recordholder Federica Pellegrini of Italy qualified third.

Ledecky is trying to become just the second female Olympian in history to win three individual freestyle gold medals in the same Games. Only Debbie Meyer (1968) has accomplished the feat.

Fellow American and five-time Olympic medalist Missy Franklin failed to qualify for Tuesday nights final, finishing a disappointing eighth in her semifinal heat.

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Rio Olympics Live Stream: Watch Katie Ledecky & The US Swimmers Go For The Gold Online

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The Olympics have just begun, but its already time for some awesome swimming! Katie Ledecky will be starting her 2016 Rio events with a relay on Aug. 6, and we dont want you to miss any of the excitement. Watch a live stream right here!

The heats that kick off at 12:00 pm ET are as follows:Mens and Womens 400m individual medleys, Womens 100m butterfly, Mens 400m freestyle, Mens 100m breaststroke, and Womens 4x100m freestyle relay. The Womens 100m butterfly andMens 100m breaststroke will only reachthe semifinals tonight. The other three events (Mens and Womens 400m individual medleys, Mens 400m freestyle, andWomens 4x100m freestyle relay)will have their finals at 9:00 pm ET and you know what that means: MEDALS!

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KatieLedecky is one of the familiar faces we can look forward to watching in the Aug. 6 events, as the 19-year-old isgoing to be swimming in theWomens 4x100m freestyle relay preliminaries.Just one day after Katie swims for the US Womens Team in the preliminaries,Michael Phelps will be competing in the mens 4x100m freestyle relay final, which takes place at 9:00 pm ET on Aug. 7.

Neither US team is favored to win the 4X100m free relays, according toUSA TODAYs Christine Brennan, but bothare expected to advance to the finals. And with Katie swimming in the preliminaries for the women, wed be surprised if she didnt lead her team to the final!

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Considering theres plenty of other big names swimming in the 2016 Olympics for Team USA (Ryan Lochte, Missy Franklin, or Nathan Adrian ring a bell?), theres plenty more swimming excitement ahead in the rest of the Olympics. Plus, Katie and Michael have several individual events coming up that theyre expected to medal in, so we have only one more thing to say: Let the swimming begin!

HollywoodLifers, what swimming event are you most excited to watch? Do you think Team USA will be able to medal in any of todays events? Tell us below!

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Katie Ledecky is about to dominate the Rio Olympics

Pushing the Limits: Swimmer Katie Ledecky makes history

By Callum Ng, CBC Sports

At every Olympic Games an athlete delivers the most dominant performance, and during the first half of Rio 2016 there"s a good chance it"ll be American swimmer Katie Ledecky.

She could win 5medals in 7days

The 19-year-old won silver with theAmerican4x100 Free relay on Saturday. She alsohas the 400-metre free final on Sunday, the 200 final Tuesday, the 4x200 freestyle relay final on Wednesday,and the 800 final on Friday.

No peers

Ledecky is undefeated (12-0) at major international meets since winning Olympic gold in the 800 free inLondon.We"re counting Pan Pacifics, world championships, andthe Olympic Games.

11 career world records

Ledecky currently holds three world records: the 400, 800, 1,500(not an Olympic event). She cameclose in the 400 and 800at U.S. Olympic trials earlier this summer, not fully tapered, which means she could very well break them both in Rio.

No rookie

Ledeckywon in 2012as a 15-year-old.Four years later, her 800world record of 8:06.68 is nearly eight-seconds faster than the time she won with in London.

Gold medals galore

She has won 14 international gold medals since the 2012 Olympics, if you count relays.Ledecky usually swims a leg ofthe 4x200 freestyle relay, aka the 800 freestyle relay.

Not a pro

Instead, she"ll swim and study at Stanford this fall.

Youngest swimmer

She is the youngest member of the U.S. Olympic swim team again.Ledecky"s birthday is St. Patrick"s Day, 1997.

A Michael Phelps in the making

She began swimming at age six.That was 2003, three years after Michael Phelps went to his first Olympic Games.

Many more Olympics

Like Phelps, Ledecky"s birth year is perfectly timed for the quadrennial.She could swim two, maybe three more Olympics.

Source: http://olympics.cbc.ca/news/article/katie-ledecky-about-dominate-the-rio-olympics.html

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