She sets the record as the oldest U.S. woman to win an individual Olympic swimming gold medal. Natalie Coughlin previously held the record at age 25. 3:33 p.m.: Katie Ledecky is a flat-out animal.

The only question? By how much. The foregone conclusion: Katie Ledecky. The margin: 4.13 seconds. After 500 meters, her lead was nearly two and a half seconds. At the kilometer, nearly four. By then ...

The second-place finisher — well, she is not first. Coulda, woulda, shoulda. For the first time Monday in her Olympic career, dating back to 2012, Katie Ledecky did not win an individual race.

Watch as the USA's Katie Ledecky makes history by becoming the only woman to win the same race in four consecutive Olympic games with a "fantastic victory" in the 800m freestyle at the Paris 2024 ...

Katie Ledecky is used to finishing ahead of the competition ... empty pool showcased the staggering dominance of her latest win. The victory gave Ledecky the 20th World Championship medal ...

Montgomery County honored the most-decorated woman Olympian in history, designating Thursday Katie Ledecky Day and naming a street after her near her alma mater, Stone Ridge School of the Sacred ...

Katie Ledecky during the Swimming medal ceremony for the Mixed 4x100m Medley Relay Final at the Olympic Games 2024 in Paris, France. (Image - Getty) Katie Ledecky recently opened up about her ...

She’s a nine-time Olympic gold medalist, a world-record breaker, a Presidential Medal of Freedom awardee, and now Katie Ledecky will have her own street signs near the Montgomery County ...

It can be a difficult balance, when you win as often as Katie Ledecky, to find ways to reinvent yourself. Ledecky is a six-time world champion in the 800 freestyle, a metric she admittedly has ...

The United States' Katie Ledecky talks about her future after winning Olympic gold in the women’s 1500m freestyle swim in Paris. READ MORE: Ledecky & Marchand make history on epic night I don ...