It is her shot at history. It is everyone else’s shot to stop it.
Here are the stakes for seven-time gold medalist Katie Ledecky at her fourth Olympic Games in Paris, starting Saturday. If she wins gold in the 800-meter freestyle, the last event in which she’s expected to compete in a week from Saturday, she will become the second woman and first female swimmer to earn gold in the same event in four consecutive Olympics , following Japanese wrestler Kaori Icho.
Ledecky is slated to swim in three individual events — the 400, 800 and 1,500-meter freestyle races — and likely will be part of the 4×200-meter freestyle relay team.While the greater distances are the events in which Ledecky is the overwhelming favorite — she holds the top 19 times in history in the 1,500 and the top 29 times on the world record list in the 1,500 — it’s the 400-meter race on Saturday that carries much of the hype because it is one that Ledecky might not win.
McIntosh, 17, is third on the world record list, with Titmus holding three of the top four times and Ledecky checking in at fifth. “I’m being honest and saying that I think I’ve prepared the best I ever have for a swim meet,” Titmus, 23, told reporters at Australia’s camp in France. “So, more than anything, I’m just excited to see what I’m capable of.
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