KATIE LEDECKY

"When something hurts that much, you want to see a great result like that," the star American swimmer said after breaking the record.

Katie Ledecky, clocked in about 10 seconds faster than the world record for the 1500 meter freestyle race on day two of the Swimming World Cup in Toronto.

Detained WNBA star Brittney Griner was front and center at The ESPYS.

Katie Ledecky has extended her record haul of medals from the world swimming championships to 22 with her latest 800-meter freestyle win.

Italy’s Thomas Ceccon has set a world record in the men’s 100 backstroke and Katie Ledecky has claimed yet another gold at the swimming world championships in Budapest.

Katie Ledecky has started the United States’ medal collection at the world swimming championships with a gold by reclaiming her title in the women’s 400 meters.

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President Joe Biden praised Team USA for bringing a bit of unity to a pandemic weary nation as he hosted a White House celebration Wednesday with about 600 athletes from this year’s Winter Olympics in Beijing and the coronavirus-delayed Summer Games held in 2021 in Tokyo.

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Katie Ledecky gave all the details on what Team USA swimmers have been eating in Tokyo, how she managed to stay on top of an unpredictable bus schedule and the feeling of swimming next to Katie Grimes.

In The Village podcast host Elizabeth Beisel asks her former teammate Katie Ledecky to take us off the pool deck and into the dining room at the Athlete’s Village to learn what fuels her athletic achievements.

As the swimming events at the Tokyo Olympics conclude with fewer medals and a lot fewer golds for the United States, what comes next?

American star Caeleb Dressel still has a shot at five gold medals.

Caeleb Dressel set a world record and Katie Ledecky won her third straight 800m freestyle gold Saturday at the Tokyo Olympics.

Katie Ledecky made more history for the U.S. in the pool.

While they cannot be in person at the Tokyo Aquatics Centre, supporters of Team USA swimmers send their love from afar.

Team USA swimming has been going for gold at this year's Olympic games, with some even making history.

The willingness of athletes, led by Simone Biles, to talk about the pressures they face as elite athletes on the Olympics stage, has forced a look at how NBC presents the Games to the public.

American swimmer Katie Ledecky has won Olympic gold again in the 800 meter freestyle. She repeated her gold medal swim at the 2012 London and 2016 Rio de Olympics to win at the Tokyo Olympics.

"You never take anything for granted," said Ledecky after expressing intent to compete in 2024. "You never know if you're going to be at the next Olympics."

Caeleb Dressel has won his third gold medal of the Tokyo Olympics with a world record in the 100-meter butterfly.

Katie Ledecky won the women's 800-meter freestyle on Saturday in Tokyo, her final event of the Olympic Games

Get primed for swimming on Day 8 of the Tokyo Olympics with the top storylines to follow from each event.

Get primed for swimming on Day 8 of the Tokyo Olympics with the top storylines to follow from each event.

Caeleb Dressel is expected to be the star of Day 7 at the Tokyo Games as he seeks his third gold medal in Friday night coverage of the Olympics.

Caeleb Dressel got his first individual gold medal, the Chinese women put together a record-setting relay and American Sunisa Lee won the women’s all-around gymnastics gold.

Zhang Yufei had a much busier morning than she was expecting at the Tokyo Aquatics Centre.

The Team USA star took the top spot in the 100-meter freestyle, and his emotions spilled out in an interview afterwards.

Caeleb Dressel lived up to the hype in an Olympics where many of the U.S. favorites have faltered.

It's the sixth gold medal of Ledecky's career.

Biles' teammates applauded her decision to take care of her mental well-being. But she's not the only athlete who has spoken about the pressures of performing at the Games.

The U.S. women's swimming team is pocketing plenty of medals at the Olympic pool.

Katie Ledecky will be the first to concede that her standards are almost impossible to meet, especially at this stage of her stellar swimming career.

The Australian swimmer known as the Terminator who took down Katie Ledecky at the Olympics has done it again.

Katie Ledecky got her first gold medal of these Olympics, while Simone Biles pulled out of another event she came into the Games favored to win.

Day 5 Olympics roundup: After another defeat, Katie Ledecky bounced back to reassert her dominance, while Dutch athletes excelled in several sports.

After a fifth-place finish in her first race of the night, Katie Ledecky didn't have much time to recalibrate. After adding a gold to her collection, Ledecky battled emotion to explain exactly how she did it.

She did it in the first-ever Olympic women's 1,500-meter freestyle -- then she got emotional.

The biggest star of U.S. swimming has not had the start to these Olympics that she wanted. But she absolutely dominated in the 1,500 meter freestyle race.

Finally, a gold medal in Tokyo for Katie Ledecky.

Katie Ledecky picked up a long-awaited gold medal in the first women's 1500m freestyle final in Olympic history.

Catch up on the action from the Tokyo Aquatics Center on Day 5 of swimming at the Olympics.

Ariarne Titmus won the women's 200m freestyle at the Tokyo Olympic Games.

Day 5 of the Tokyo Games features another busy day at the Aquatics Centre with five swimming finals and the men’s diving synchronized springboard final.

Get primed for swimming on Day 4 of the Tokyo Olympics with the top storylines to follow from each event.

Alaska, of all places, has an Olympic champion at the pool.

Catch up on the action from the Tokyo Aquatics Center on Day 4 of swimming at the Olympics.

It's official. The two fastest women in the pool, Katie Ledecky and Ariarne Titmus, will square off again in the 200 meter freestyle final.

The men's basketball team suffered a stunning seven-point defeat to France and the women's gymnastics team came in second behind Russia in the qualifying round.

Three of Team USA’s brightest swimming stars chase gold medals on the fourth day of competition from the Tokyo Aquatics Center

Simone Biles and Team USA seek their third consecutive gold medal in women's gymnastics in Tuesday's team final.

Katie Ledecky shined as the women's 1500m freestyle made its Olympic debut during Monday's prelims.

The opening ceremony is taking place Friday morning, marking the official start of the Games.

Two-time Olympic gold medalist Caeleb Dressel helped the U.S. defend its title.

Races often end in a blur for Canada’s Maggie MacNeil because she wears glasses outside the pool but doesn’t use contacts or prescription goggles when swimming.

Katie Ledecky strolled onto the deck first, which meant she was headed to the second spot on the medal podium.

Dressel, who's been hailed as the successor to Michael Phelps, got started on his quest for six gold medals in swimming.

Katie Ledecky left it all in the pool in the 400m freestyle. She stood in an unfamiliar position on the podium afterward, but you'd never be able to tell.

Ariarne Titmus and Luka Doncic made memorable Olympic debuts.

After years of chasing the American, Australia's Titmus took the gold — and her coach went wild.

Australia's Ariarne Titmus narrowly edged her out of gold in the 400 meter freestyle final. Ledecky, the biggest star of U.S. swimming, has a fierce rivalry with Titmus.

Ariarne Titmus of Australia became the first woman to beat Katie Ledecky in an individual event at the Olympics.

Caeleb Dressel got started on his quest for six gold medals in swimming, while Katie Ledecky found herself in a very unusual position: Second place.

Follow along as we round up the action from Day 3 of the Tokyo Olympics swimming competition.

Look ahead to this evening's swimming finals.

Tokyo will have no fans, but the athletes are what make the Games memorable.

NPR's Ailsa Chang speaks with Team USA CEO Sarah Hirshland about prepping for this year's Olympics in Tokyo and what the event will look like with COVID-19 precautions such as having no spectators.

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Katie Ledecky is unrivaled in the 1500-meter free, and the superstar swimmer proved why the 30-lap race is considered her best event Tuesday night.