Sullivan is savoring the 16 minutes she had a world record before superstar Katie Ledecky erased it.
She is more than happy to share the spotlight with Ledecky, who gave her a big hug after they finished first and second in the race.
."It means a lot, and it's always an honor to do it beside Katie because Katie's going to forever be in the history books, so the fact that I get to be a small little footnote in that is awesome.""Um, I saw her wake," Sullivan toldSullivan was then asked if she thought she had a shot at catching the six-time Olympic gold medal winner.Sullivan has showed off her fun-loving side in press conferences and on social media during her time in Tokyo.
"There's just duck poop everywhere, and it’s murky," she said."It’s a solid brown-green on a good day. It’s just gross. … We were getting duck mites. Apparently they like to eat on ducks’ poop, and they like still water. We were covered in bites. It was just nasty. It built character development. I’m funnier because of it."
Sullivan has persevered through the death of her father when she was just 16 to become one of the top distance swimmers in the world."The last five years, I've had a lot of struggles, and I think everyone knows that. It's pretty much open book now," she said in the press conference.
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