Katie Ledecky got off to a rousing start Saturday at the U.S. Olympic swimming trials.
Competing in the home stadium of the NFL's Indianapolis Colts, Ledecky blew away the field in the preliminaries of the 400-meter freestyle, touching the wall with a time of 3 minutes, 59.99 seconds.Ledecky finished nearly five seconds ahead of Paige Madden, who was next fastest at 4:04.83. The top eight advanced to the evening final, with Ledecky an overwhelming favorite to claim a spot on her fourth Olympic team.
She already has six individual Olympic gold medals — more than any female swimmer in the history of the sport — and she'll be looking to add to that haul in Paris.In other events during the first session of the trials, Gretchen Walsh was top qualifier in the prelims of the women's 100 butterfly with an impressive time of 55.94, beating out Torri Huske and Regan Smith . The top 16 advanced to the evening semifinals.
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