The U.S. swimming star is looking to add to her six individual gold medals
FILE – Katie Ledecky swims during a Women’s 800 freestyle preliminary heat, June 21, 2024, at the US Swimming Olympic Trials in Indianapolis. PARIS — Katie Ledecky is hoping for clean races at the Olympics. Hope was just about as far as she was willing to go on Wednesday.The 27-year-old Ledecky is competing in her fourth Summer Olympics, but it’s the first one since a doping scandal involving for a banned substance ahead of the Tokyo Games — and were allowed to compete with no ramifications.
“We’re not the ones paid to do the testing, so we hope that the people that are follow their own rules. That applies now and into the future.” “I’m looking forward to the 400 free, day one,” she said. “I like my chances, but that’s me, and I feel like I’m prepared and ready to race and that’s all you can ask for. … It’s obviously a great field. Top to bottom, lots of people that have a chance.”
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