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  • Katie Ledecky 15:34.23 and World Record in the 1500 free

    Katie Ledecky 15:34.23 and World Record in the 1500 free

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    Read SwimmingWorld The American distance star just keeps on dropping jaws as NCAP’s Katie Ledecky smashed her own world record in the women’s 1500-meter free with a sizzling time of 15:34.23. Ledecky’s effort crushed her previous mark of 15:36.53 set at the 2013 World Championships in Barcelona, and provides a potentially scary time to come…

  • Katie Ledecky to attend Stanford

    Katie Ledecky to attend Stanford

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    Read The Kansas City Star Olympic champion swimmer Katie Ledecky plans to swim for Stanford after she graduates from high school next year. The 17-year-old from Bethesda, Maryland, announced her commitment Thursday. She is a junior honors student at Stone Ridge School of the Sacred Heart in her hometown. Ledecky will join Olympic champion Missy…

  • Phelps’s return to swimming shrugged off by fellow Olympians

    Phelps’s return to swimming shrugged off by fellow Olympians

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    Read KGMI The news that Michael Phelps was returning to the pool with an eye toward possibly participating at the 2016 Summer Olympics was greeted with a big yawn by fellow swimmers. While Phelps’s un-retirement did indeed create a flurry of excitement in social media, those who know him best were not shocked by Monday’s…

  • Katie Ledecky visits new rec center dedicated to her grandfather

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    See kfyr-tv This past weekend was the grand opening of the brand new Williston Recreation Center. On Saturday, the lap pool was opened and the 2012 800 meter Olympic champion, Katie Ledecky, came to swim the first lap in the pool dedicated to her grandfather Edward Hagan. Ledecky has family in the Williston area that…

  • Katie Ledecky announced as 84th AAU Sullivan Award nominee

    Katie Ledecky announced as 84th AAU Sullivan Award nominee

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    Read NBC OlympicTalk The Sullivan Award honors the nation’s outstanding amateur athlete for 2013, so Boudia and Ledecky’s Olympic successes shouldn’t factor in. They did, however, perform well at the 2013 World Championships. Boudia won silver in the platform, and Ledecky won four gold medals and was named the female swimmer of the meet in Barcelona.…

  • FINA Aquatic Family selects 11 Athletes of the Year 2013

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    See fina.org After a memorable year in terms of performances, the FINA Family voted for the “Athletes of the Year 2013”, having chosen 11 exceptional competitors in the six FINA disciplines. Organised by the “FINA Aquatics World Magazine”, this selection had a important participation of 674 voters, coming from the FINA National Federations, FINA Committees,…

  • Memories of Summer in Barcelona

    Memories of Summer in Barcelona

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    “We re-live the Speedo highlights from the Fina 15th World Championships held in Barcelona, Summer 2013. We love that winning feeling from Ryan Lochte, Sun Yang, Katie Ledecky, Melani Costa, Missy Franklin & Christian Sprenger”

  • CC photo #687: BCN2013 Women’s 400 Free Medal Podium

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    USA’s Katie Ledecky on top of the women’s 400 meter freestyle medal podium at the FINA 2013 World Swimming Championships in Barcelona, Spain. Silver to Melanie Costa Scmid from Spain and bronze to Lauren Boyle from New Zealand. See the result list here.

  • Europe vs USA 2013 Duel in the Pool teams revealed

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    See for instance swimming.org Olympic medallist Michael Jamieson and World Championship medallist Fran Halsall will lead the European challenge at the 2013 Duel in the Pool when the continent’s best swimmers go head-to-head with world number one swimming nation the USA. Standing shoulder-to-shoulder with Britain will be French Olympic champions Florent Manaudou, Yannick Agnel and Fabien…