Jun 23, 2024
2 mins read
2 mins read

Katie Ledecky Secures Fourth Title at U.S. Olympic Team Trials

Katie Ledecky made history on Saturday by becoming the first woman to win four titles at a single U.S. Olympic Team Trials, thanks to her victory in the women’s 800-meter freestyle in Indianapolis.

Ledecky finished with a time of 8:14.12, easily surpassing Paige Madden’s second-place mark of 8:20.71. She will now be competing in the 400m freestyle, 800m freestyle, 1500m freestyle, and the 4x200m freestyle relay at the Paris Games, which start on July 26.

With her performance at the trials complete, Ledecky is now fully focused on the Olympics.

“It’s time to get back to work,” Ledecky said. “Got to get ready for Paris.”

Ledecky has won the gold medal in the 800m freestyle at each of the past three Olympics. If she wins again this year, she will join Michael Phelps as the only swimmers to win four consecutive gold medals in the same Olympic event.

In other action on Saturday, Kate Douglass took the women’s 200m individual medley with a time of 2:06.79. She will also participate in the 200m breaststroke and the 100m freestyle in Paris.

“I feel the goal coming into this meet was to try to win all three events, but I didn’t really think I’d be able to achieve that,” Douglass said. “So I’m really happy I did.”

Alex Walsh finished just behind Douglass at 2:07.86, with Isabel Ivey rounding out the top three at 2:10.09.

A five-time gold medalist at the Tokyo Games, Caeleb Dressel won the men’s 100m butterfly on Saturday. His 50.19 bested Thomas Heilman (50.80) and Dare Rose (50.84).