News about Katie Ledecky

Katie Ledecky continued her dominance in the pool at the Paris Olympics - taking home four medals, including two golds, adding to her collection of 14 medals. But this was also the first time that the Washington, DC native took to the pool after revealing in her book 'Just Add Water: My Swimming Life' about a disease she struggles with regularly. In that book, Ledecky says she has been dealing with postural orthostatic tachycardia syndrome (POTS) - a disorder where a reduced volume of blood returns to your heart after you stand up from sitting or lying down. That can lead to lightheadedness or fainting.

Team USA's female contingent made history at the Paris Olympics after winning a record 26 gold medals - which made up 65 percent of the country's tally. America finished on top of the Olympic medals table once again this summer, with the women's basketball team's hard-fought final victory against hosts France on Sunday edging their nation above China right at the death. It means the USA has now reigned supreme in seven of the last eight summer Games, and this time around their women athletes are largely to thank.

China, who were the last team apart from the U.S. to top the standings when they did it on home soil at the 2008 Beijing Games, also won 40 golds but managed only 27 silvers. The U.S. women's basketball team secured their country's pre-eminence by edging host nation France in a breathless finish to win the final gold of the Games. The U.S. also won most total medals with 126 to China's 91.

The intense rivalry between Australia and America is legendary in swimming circles - and now it can be revealed just how desperate the US (pictured right) were to win the Olympic Games medal tally in the Paris pool.

Australia's queen of the pool Ariarne Titmus has spoken about her surprising friendship with rival Katie Ledecky after facing the US all-time great head-on at the Paris Olympics.

Qin and Sun Jiajun helped their nation claim gold but were two of 23 Chinese swimmers who tested positive for the banned substance trimetazidine prior to the Tokyo Olympics. The pair cleared to compete on the basis of a finding they had unknowingly ingested the drug via contaminated food. The issue heavily overshadowed the build-up to Paris 2024 and appeared to lead to mistrust from several swimmers in the system. Both Katie Ledecky and Caeleb Dressel expressed their misgivings, with Adam Peaty joining the clamour on the final night of action in the pool as he singled out Qin for criticism.

Taylor Swift lent her voice to an inspiring new Olympics promo, which hyped up Team USA stars Simone Biles, Katie Ledecky and Sha'Carri Richardson.  The NBC video paid tribute to the female athletes who have been dominating in the pool, on the track, and the gymnastics mat in Paris this Summer.  'Never be afraid to show them who you are,' the songstress is heard saying, while the re-recorded version of her hit song, Style, played in the background. 

Titmus, 23, had a heavy swimming program in Paris but will return to Australia with a handful of new medals having won gold in the 400m freestyle and women's 4x200m freestyle relay, as well as silver in the 800m and 200m freestyle events.

Fans are raving over a resurfaced video of a young Katie Ledecky playing peekaboo with NBA legend Michael Jordan. After bagging her ninth Olympic gold medal in Paris on Saturday, fans revisited the clip of Jordan being playful with a young Ledecky in what appears to be a luxury box at an event. While sitting behind the swimmer, Jordan puts his hands in front of Ledecky's face and pulls away. However, the Stanford product's younger self was unfazed by Jordan's antics and continued to eat her snacks.

JONATHAN McEVOY AT LA DEFENSE ARENA: Ledecky's first serious ripple came at London 2012 as a 15-year-old 'phenom', with gold in the 800m freestyle. A marker was laid. Consistency has been her hallmark ever since, not least over brutally long distances that suit her resilient level of endurance and ability to push through the pain barrier. She has taken golds in either the 800m or 1500m freestyle events ever since. And on Wednesday, rubbing in her brilliance, she smashed her own Olympic record over 1500m, taking it from 15 min 37.34 sec to 15 min 30.02 sec - a massive seven-second reduction in a pool renowned for its slowness. The water is too shallow to produce supersonic times.

Olympics fans' jaws dropped over a Katie Ledecky clip that resurfaced from 2020. At the height of the 'got milk challenge' on TikTok, the Olympics legend jumped on the trend and impressed the masses. Ledecky placed a glass of chocolate milk on her head and swam the length of an Olympic-sized pool without spilling a drop. 

Ariarne Titmus is a boosted 6/1 second-favourite to claim gold in the women's 800m freestyle final at the Paris 2024 Olympics tonight. Meanwhile, her rival Katie Ledecky is predictably an odds-on favourite to win her fourth consecutive gold in the endurance swimming events. If you're after a sizeable outsider - Paige Madden, Isabel Gose and Simona Quadarella round out the five best-backed swimmers in the market - with the trio priced at 25/1, 33/1 and 33/1 respectively.

It may seem like gold is always on an Olympian's mind, but according to Katie Ledecky it's not on hers when she's racing. Katie smashed the 1,500-meter freestyle on Thursday, marking a new Olympic record of 15:30:02. Despite the incredible feat, the elite swimmer said she bizarrely wasn't even thinking about winning another medal or setting the fastest time.

A fired up swimming fan has bizarrely suggested Aussie pool queen Ariarne Titmus (left and right) has enjoyed a clear advantage over her rivals at the Paris Games - and he pointed to her curated fingernails as the reason why.

As debate continues to rage about the 'slow pool' at the Paris Olympics, it can now be revealed swimming stars (pictured left and right) from around the world almost had another reason to blow up recently.

On Wednesday, the 27-year-old took home gold in the 1,500-meter freestyle in Paris with an Olympic record time of 15:30.02. Ledecky was dominant from the jump. The American had a lead of over three seconds a quarter of the way through and kept her foot on the gas. Near the finish, Ledecky got so far ahead that cameras on the broadcast had to zoom out to show the second-fastest swimmer in the race.

Dean Boxall is famous for his incredible work with the two stars as he guided them to the top of swimming. He's also remembered for holding nothing back when one of his charges wins.

It began with Aussies mocking Americans with air guitars at the Sydney 2000 Olympics, and now Aussies have found a new way to irk their rivals with just one word as the green and gold take it to the US with victories like Ariarne Titmus (left) beating Katie Ledecky (top and bottom right).

Beyonce embraced her patriotic side as she supported Team USA in a stylish outfit in new Instagram snaps shared on Saturday in celebration of the 2024 Paris Olympics. The Crazy In Love songstress, 42 - who recently sent fans wild in 'iconic' Olympics promo for Team USA - struck a variety of poses as she flaunted her look for the camera. The performer put on a leggy display wearing a white, pleated miniskirt that had a red and blue trim around the waist.

Mollie O'Callaghan, Emma McKeon, Meg Harris and Shayna Jack turned in a dominant swim to lead from start to finish and set an Olympic record as they gave Australia our third Games gold in Paris.

In the so-called race of the century, the Tasmanian-born Titmus clocked three minutes 57.49 seconds to win from Canada's Summer McIntosh (3:58.37) and Ledecky (4:00.86).

Team USA has won its first gold medal of the Paris Olympics after a dominant performance in the men's 4x100m freestyle relay.  The quartet of Caeleb Dressel, Hunter Armstrong, Chris Guiliano and Jack Alexy powered away from their Australian rivals to win gold in 3:09.28 in the last final of a raucous opening night at the La Defense Arena. The Australians were forced to settle for silver in 3:10.35, while Italy took the bronze in 3:10.70. 

Katie Ledecky was forced to settle for bronze in the women's 400m freestyle Saturday as Ariarne Titmus claimed gold once again.  The Australian defended her gold from Tokyo in a battle dubbed the 'Race of the Century.  However, Ledecky wasn't just beaten out by Ledecky. The American failed to even clinch silver as Canada's Summer Macintosh won her first Olympic medal. 

Ariarne Titmus isn't sure about the motive of American swim legend Katie Ledecky, who tasted success in their entree to a main course of the Paris Olympics