But in a post-race interview, the 24-year-old American swimmer assured that Saturday’s event wouldn’t be her final Olympics competition. .
Ledecky burst onto the Olympics scene as a 15-year-old, taking home a gold medal in the 800-meter freestyle at the London Games in 2012Since then, she has entrenched herself as the premier swimmer in the world, capturing four additional gold medals at Rio in 2016.
In Tokyo, she earned a pair of gold medals and a pair of silver medals, also becoming the first swimmer to win the 800-meter freestyle at three consecutive OlympicsHungary swimmer delivers warning to USA gold medalist ahea..