Katie Ledecky, Summer McIntosh and Ariarne Titmus offer the makings for a “Race of the Century.”
Katie Ledecky, Summer McIntosh and Ariarne Titmus will face off Saturday night in one of the most anticipated events of the Paris Games' nine-day swim meet.
But what transpires over those eight furious lengths of the pool — as well as the athletes’ ability to summon their optimum performances at the optimum time — will determine whether this 400 freestyle, the most anticipated event of the opening night of the nine-day swim meet, fulfills its race-of-the-century billing or becomes just another overcooked bit of wishful hype.
McIntosh, at 17 already a two-time Olympian, is a versatile phenom best known for her individual medley prowess; she holds. She is a bubbly teenager whose mother was a 1984 Olympic swimmer and whose sister is on the Canadian national team as a figure skater. She loves TikTok, shopping malls and Drake.
Between 1992 and 2012, a span of six Olympic races, the margin of victory in the women’s 400 averaged 0.52 seconds, but in 2016, Ledecky finished in 3:56.46 to take the gold by a staggering 4.77 seconds. Five years later at the Tokyo Games , Titmus tracked down Ledecky in the final 50 meters to claim the gold. McIntosh, 14 at the time, faded at the end and finished fourth.
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